RE: [PHP-DEV] Re: keyword arguments?
| From: | Derick Rethans | Date: | Fri, 25 Jun 2004 09:42:34 +0000 |
| Subject: | RE: [PHP-DEV] Re: keyword arguments? | ||
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On Thu, 24 Jun 2004, Daniel Crookston wrote:
> Okay, so keyword arguments probably won't be implemented. "Ice cube's
> chance in hell" is the phrase I recall being thrown around. I have two
> questions:
>
> 1. Why not?
Because you can already do something similar with using a PHP array with
associative elements. And, for other reasons have a look in the archive.
> 2. Where do I start with my own copy of PHP to put it in? (The reason I
> asked about it initially is that I thought it'd be a fun first "Let's
> modify PHP" project.
Just copy the source and rename it to something not including PHP in the
name. But you should really know what you are attempting here. A fork
for something like this sounds quite silly.
> And, finally - our messages are logged, aren't they? Why don't we trim
> quoted emails? No need to log all those old things.
What do you mean? Most people strip useles things from emails they reply
to.
regards,
Derick