RE: [PHP-DEV] PATCH: anonymous functions in PHP

We could compile the anonymous function at compile-time but leave placeholders which need to be "fixed-up" when at run-time the actual closure is created. For this purpose we could introduce a new magical variables $_SCOPE["var"] which references the current $var during fixup time. So here's an example: $var = php_version(); $fancyVer = function () { return "PHP $_SCOPE['ver']; }; So what this does is compile the "anonymous function" at compile-time, but when this line is executed (note, this line of code should also be reached during execution), then we do the fix-up for $_SCOPE variables. Regular variables remain what they would in create_function(). Fix-up time would be faster than compiling the code. Thoughts? Andi