Re: builtin functions / constructs

There's no real motivation to do that actually. These constructs are very unique, and the fact they have construct-specific syntax doesn't have any negative impact, as it's still within the standard syntax rules of PHP (all but echo, which is a remnant of PHP/FI 2, and perhaps it was a mistake to copy its syntax as-is). Let's not look for problems where they don't exist... Zeev At 20:31 23/3/2001, Phil Driscoll wrote:

it should be even more save to hardcode them in PHP itself <sticking nose in where it's not wanted> ...or better still not to have language constructs at all so that everything that looks like a function also works like a function. </sticking nose in where it's not wanted> :) -- Phil Driscoll Dial Solutions +44 (0)113 294 5112 http://www.dialsolutions.com http://www.dtonline.org

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