Re: PATCH: Implementing closures in PHP

Hi! > Just a minor note; The semi-colon after the closing brace, seems > superfluous. Is there any reason for it? Unfortunately, yes. The problem is that the closure must be an expression so it can a) be assigned to a variable and b) returned directly. And since the expression is only a part of a statement, I can take no influence at that point in the grammar as to whether a semicolon should follow or not. I don't see any way of removing the semicolon without a) either making the language inconsistent and/or b) adding a lot of bloat to the grammar. Regards, Christian