Re: T_AS in closures

On Thu, Mar 6, 2014 at 12:57 AM, Stas Malyshev <smalyshev@sugarcrm.com> wrote: > Hi! > >> But this is not about something that can't be achieved with existing >> features, it's about cleaner code and to some extent - consistency >> with T_AS in foreach(), traits, namespaces; and also how regular > > There's no issue of consistency there - foreach is not used to "rename > variables", foreach is used to iterate. If anything, that is opposite of > consistency, since "as" is used in two contradictory roles - for naming > iterating variable and for renaming variable without iterating. > I don't see how it's any "consistency" to add a new feature while > reusing syntax used in existing features for different purposes. So, exclude foreach() from my argument and all of a sudden we do have consistency. >> functions would have local-scope names for variables that are passed >> to them. > > Those things are called function parameters, and anonymous functions use > them the same way as named functions, no difference there either. And of > course anon functions can have local vars too. I didn't need education on that, but to your credit - I like how you always manage to twist arguments to your own liking. :) You know I meant that in the context of renaming. Anyway, got it: -1 from you. Cheers, Andrey.