Hi!
const foo = function () use ($globalVar) {
};
How would you call this thing? foo()? Then you have a problem - foo()
already has meaning, and it's "call function named foo", not "get
constant named foo and call function inside if it's there". Also, it
would work different from variables: for variables, these both work:
$foo1 = "foo"; $foo1();
$foo1 = function() {}; $foo1();
But for constants the first form wouldn't work - unless you also make
foo() mean "check constant foo and if it's a string then call function
with the name that equals to its value" - which adds a lot of complexity
there.
Also note, that const expressions can be used in defaults now
(properties, parameters, etc.) - and that means they are cacheable. But
Closures aren't cacheable and couldn't be used in defaults - that means
you'd be introducing two types of const expressions - the "real const"
and the "as if" const.
I do not see it working.
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