On 3/2/2016 11:09 AM, Rowan Collins wrote: > I think the point was that *the difference between* "var" and "public" > was being abused, which wouldn't be possible if there were only one > keyword. > > However, I agree that it's a very weak argument for removal (just as "I > [ab]use 'var' to mean something different from 'public'" is a weak > argument against removal). > > Regards,
It showcases what the studies about UI/UX found out about duplicated behavior (or call it aliasing, multiple choices for the same thing, ...). People are confused and we can and should avoid that. The "var" keyword once emitted an E_STRICT but I guess it was turned off again because too many people were complaining as they are now. -- Richard "Fleshgrinder" Fussenegger
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