Doc #74049 [NEW]: Unclear statement about vital difference between versions

From: teo8976 at gmail dot com Operating system: PHP version: Irrelevant Package: Documentation problem Bug Type: Documentation Problem Bug description:Unclear statement about vital difference between versions Description: ------------ --- From manual page: http://www.php.net/functions.anonymous --- Regarding the "use" language construct: "Closures may also inherit variables from the parent scope. Any such variables must be passed to the use language construct. From PHP 7.1, these variables MAY NOT INCLUDE superglobals, $this, or variables with the same name as a parameter" (emphasys added) What the heck does "MAY NOT" mean?? Either they include or they don't, or they do in some cases, in which case the docs MUST specify which ones are included and which one are not, in what cases and depending on what. -- Edit bug report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=74049&edit=1 -- Try a snapshot (PHP 5.4): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=74049&r=trysnapshot54 Try a snapshot (PHP 5.5): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=74049&r=trysnapshot55 Try a snapshot (trunk): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=74049&r=trysnapshottrunk Fixed in SVN: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=74049&r=fixed Fixed in release: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=74049&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=74049&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=74049&r=needscript Try newer version: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=74049&r=oldversion Not developer issue: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=74049&r=support Expected behavior: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=74049&r=notwrong Not enough info: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=74049&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=74049&r=submittedtwice register_globals: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=74049&r=globals PHP 4 support discontinued: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=74049&r=php4 Daylight Savings: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=74049&r=dst IIS Stability: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=74049&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=74049&r=gnused Floating point limitations: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=74049&r=float No Zend Extensions: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=74049&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=74049&r=mysqlcfg