Re: RE: Why $ on variable names?

It's a design decision that works well for me too. I don't see it as a particular waste, considering that there are other wastes I'd like to get rid of. PHP is a maturing language and there is (imho) still a lot of ground to cover. BTW, it's not a matter of "questioning"... as far as I'm concerned it'a matter of "considering" what the consequences of any change that is made to the software are. Consider the amount of damage that turning register_globals off has made--all you have to do is counting the e-mails the list gets every day; I counted up to ten in a day--and you'll see that changing the dollar sign convention, a much more pervasive convention, can be a disaster. Marco -- ------------ php|architect - The magazine for PHP Professionals The first monthly worldwide magazine dedicated to PHP programmers Come visit us at http://www.phparch.com!