On Wed, Mar 4, 2009 at 2:33 PM, Richard Quadling
<rquadl...@googlemail.com> wrote:
> Hi.
>
> Quite a simple question (assuming I've got the terminology correct).
>
> Are there any plans to allow code like this (amended example taken
> from the array_map() documentation) ...
>
> <?php
> $a = array(1, 2, 3, 4, 5);
> $b = array_map(function($n){return($n * $n * $n)}, $a);
> print_r($b);
>
> For me, this is cleaner than having a use-once, namespace-polluting function.
>
> Currently, this is producing a parse error.
It works. You have a typo. You need to put ";" after return (…)
>
>
> A real alternative though would be to allow nested functions...
>
> <?php
> function cube_array($a) {
> function cube($n) {
> return($n * $n * $n);
> }
> return array_map("cube", $a);
> }
> $a = array(1, 2, 3, 4, 5);
> $b = cube_array($a);
> print_r($b);
>
> Ideally, cube() would not be visible outside of cube_array(). Scoped
> functions.
>
> Regards,
>
> Richard Quadling.
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