Isn't `_` more generally used as a "discard" placeholder in most languages?
At least in Swift, Go, Scala, Dart and C# (starting with v7) I think? I don't recall having seen it mean "fill in the blank". In what languages? On Fri, Jan 20, 2017 at 4:26 PM, Levi Morrison <le...@php.net> wrote: > Oops, sorry for an email that just quotes others; mis-clicked send. > > > Last, a cosmetic suggestion : replace '$$' with '$<' (more explicit as > > 'input data', imo). > > If we aren't going to use `$$` I'd like to use `_` or `__` which read > similar to "fill in the blank" and has precedence in other languages. > > But at this stage I'd much rather focus on changing the general model > to what I've proposed instead of what is outlined in the RFC. I care > much more about the feature than the exact syntax for it. > > -- > PHP Internals - PHP Runtime Development Mailing List > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > >
