Re: [PHP-DEV][RFC] Alternative "use" syntax for Closures

2019-06-16 Thread Markus Fischer
Hi, On 15.06.19 23:53, Wes wrote: https://wiki.php.net/rfc/alternative-closure-use-syntax Thanks for the RFC and effort, I know it seems overkill and wrong to have two different syntaxes for the same thing, but I really believe that's all we need to fix one of the most hated PHP syntax bits

Re: [PHP-DEV][RFC] Alternative "use" syntax for Closures

2019-06-16 Thread Wes
Hi Alexandru, I don't think there is intention to do that. In particular with pass by reference. Importing variables by-ref likely will be explicit, given recent discussions on the matter. The new Closures or the old ones might automatically "copy" all variables (by-value) at some point, but I doub

Re: [PHP-DEV][RFC] Alternative "use" syntax for Closures

2019-06-16 Thread Mark Randall
On 15/06/2019 22:53, Wes wrote: Hello PHP, I just published https://wiki.php.net/rfc/alternative-closure-use-syntax I would love your opinion on this I'm not overly fond of it myself because I think it could make it slightly more difficult to parse in my brain. If there was a: $x = 0; $y =