Re: Re: PATCH: anonymous functions in PHP

On 12/20/07, Antony Dovgal <tony@daylessday.org> wrote: > On 20.12.2007 12:41, Alexey Zakhlestin wrote: > > it doesn't make sense to put some of these functions in libraries, > > because they are really once-used. > > It makes perfect sense to keep all your functions in one place instead of > spreading them all over the code. > And no, this kind of "optimization" doesn't make your code run any faster. if this was a comment to inline-optimization I mentioned, then it actually would make my code run faster (I use PHP for quite unusual tasks) > >> So here is what we _actually_ get with this anonymous function syntax: > >> 1) Yet another way to make the code unreadable and overcomplicated. > > it is not unreadable. it is perfectly readable for people with > > modern-languages background (and I don't mean 1 or 2 languages, I mean > > majority) > > A new syntax that conflicts with currently existing one (or looks very similar to) > doesn't make code more readable, it adds more confusion instead. should we change "function" word on "lambda" word there to make confusion smaller? > >> 3) 10 people happy because they got a new toy. > > "thousands" is a closer number > > Does this mean you do admit that this is just a new toy? (pretty useless, but funny) =) I admit, that I do programming, because it is fun If it is not fun, I get bored and switch to other task this functionality would make programming of some tasks more fun and, as result, will lead to greater productivity -- Alexey Zakhlestin http://blog.milkfarmsoft.com/