Re: php7- dropping the $ from the variable name - rfc

From:	sotiris karavarsamis	Date:	Sat, 20 Sep 2008 17:59:53 +0000
Subject:	Re: php7- dropping the $ from the variable name - rfc
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Marco wrote: So don't you consider this a serious reason against stripping/changing the dollar sign? Do you think that would be a good effect for PHP users if that change would exist in a future version of PHP (even in PHP6!)? It's a simple change but a great shift!

Hey, why not make it configurable (ini option) ?! :D

    I really do not find it reasonable to change the dollar sign to
    something
    else.
    If we could switch the dollar sign notation in variables on and off
    with a directive in php.ini, that would break backwards compatibility
    between apps
    not only in a single user environments but also in shared hosting
    envs.
    Imagine having to switch into dollar sign notation for a phpbb
    installation
    and to a notation without the dollar sign for a custom
    application. It's
    just
    crazy!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarcasm ... I hope :-D I'm not being sarcastic, if you mean it. :p

Regards Marco