Re: Draft RFC: foreach iteration of keys without values

From: Date: Wed, 02 Sep 2020 13:15:55 +0000
Subject: Re: Draft RFC: foreach iteration of keys without values
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> On Sep 2, 2020, at 6:27 AM, Dik Takken <dik.takken@gmail.com> wrote: > > On 02-09-2020 12:48, Olle Härstedt wrote: >> An alternative syntax would be >> >> foreach($iterable as $key => _) { ... } >> >> Using underscore as a way to signal "I don't care about this value". >> Same could be possible with list destructoring, like >> >> [_, _, $something] = foo(); >> Swift also uses the underscore in places. >> 1. It is currently a valid constant name (BC break) I can name a constant an underscore?? Does anyone actually do this?? I guess I’m asking how impactful the break would be considering most magic things start with double underscore and I haven’t seen many people using the single underscore to represent instance variables anymore.

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