Re: var keyword deprecation/removal

Greetings, Tim Streater. In reply to Your message dated Sunday, March 6, 2016, 14:17:00, >>> expecting the vast majority of users to rename every function ( on of >>> the proposals for PHP7 ) or switch to a strictly typed method of working >>> is simply not going to happen, so I have no problem with people adding >>> new extensions which allow these different sytles of working as long as >>> the underlying procedural style of working is maintained in as BC a way >>> as possible, so things like 'var' and a number of the 7.1 deprecation >>> proposals simply destroy BC with little gain to a pure OO based version >>> of PHP anyway. >> >> All those who want to work with a 100% pure OO language should stop using >> PHP and switch to Java. Stop complaining about the quirks in PHP because >> there are quirks in every language. Stop trying to make the language perfect >> as your definition of "perfect" does not match that used by others who are >> more than satisfied with "good enough". > Strict typing is something languages should be moving away from. As fast as possible. And comparing two strings numerically, even if conversion of a string to number changes the content of the string, and explicitly invalidates any attempt to get meaningful results, right? -- Sincerely Yours, Andrey Repin <anrdaemon@freemail.ru>