Re: Patch for define() / zend_builtin_functions.c

From: Date: Tue, 02 Oct 2001 08:54:02 +0000
Subject: Re: Patch for define() / zend_builtin_functions.c
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On October 2, 2001 02:40 am, Andi Gutmans wrote:
> It might be the fact that I just woke up but why can't constants have
> the same name as function names or class names?

	err... ummm... good point. I can't think of any situations where they 
	could collide.  Oh well, I still had fun writing the patch. :)

> Secondly, I wouldn't put in the check for the reserved words. People
> have managed without it up to today and any check would slow it down
> a bit (*and* it would be another hard coded place to update reserved
> words when added).

	~shrug~ It would be nice - but that's about it. 

> BTW, quicker ways of doing this check is having a
> sorted list and doing a binary search or putting them in a hash table
> and searching for them. But I wouldn't do any of these.

	Thanks :)

	--zak

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