Just when I thought that this discussions was dying
2010-02-23 22:50, Stanislav Malyshev wrote:
Everybody on the internet knows that Wikipedia is the ultimate source of
knowledge, and it says:
In computer science, a closure is a first-class function with free
variables that are bound in the lexi
On 2/24/10 8:56 AM, Stanislav Malyshev wrote:
Hi!
Correct me if I'm wrong, but given the fact that PHP only* supports
functions defined in the global space**, with the additional ability to
import global variables using the global statement, wouldn't that make
named functions able to close-ov
Stanislav Malyshev wrote:
Hi!
My question is not so much about implementation it is about language. I
have noticed quite a few times now that PHP developers use the word
"closure" when I would prefer "lambda".
Everybody on the internet knows that Wikipedia is the ultimate source
of knowledge
Hi!
Correct me if I'm wrong, but given the fact that PHP only* supports
functions defined in the global space**, with the additional ability to
import global variables using the global statement, wouldn't that make
named functions able to close-over global variables?
It's different mechanism.
On Tuesday 23 February 2010 05:00:28 pm Ionut G. Stan wrote:
> > This is not entirely correct, you are right. There's a difference
> > between anonymous function and closure, though in practice in PHP
> > anonymous functions are closures (though some of them are rather trivial
> > ones with no vari
This is not entirely correct, you are right. There's a difference
between anonymous function and closure, though in practice in PHP
anonymous functions are closures (though some of them are rather trivial
ones with no variables to "close over") and that's now the only way to
do closure in PHP (i.e
Hi!
My question is not so much about implementation it is about language. I
have noticed quite a few times now that PHP developers use the word
"closure" when I would prefer "lambda".
Everybody on the internet knows that Wikipedia is the ultimate source of
knowledge, and it says:
In compute
2010-02-21 03:55, Joey Smith skrev:
There's a pretty big difference between how PHP implements closures and how
JavaScript implements them
I have seen that, but my question is about language, not implementation.
FWIW, taking my educator perspective, PHP's way of explicitly pointing
out what v
So to answer your question, for my money, since I can't currently tell the
difference in a programmatic way between an 'anonymous function' and a full
'closure', I don't find it that worrisome that the PHP world somewhat
conflates the two terms.
For me it's worrisome because future developers,
> Oh, yes, the question:
>
> Wouldn't you agree that it is better for PHP to use the word closure as
> it is being used in the JavaScript community?
There's a pretty big difference between how PHP implements closures and how
JavaScript implements them - in PHP, you have to explicitly request whi
2010-01-19 17:05, Stanislav Malyshev skrev:
I honestly don't see func()()()() make anything better in the
world of a PHP programmer.
You probably don't use closures, right?
Sorry for kidnapping a thread, bit it was this message that got me
thinking about raising the issue in earnest.
I'm a
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