Re: [RFC Proposal] var keyword deprecation/removal

On Fri, Feb 19, 2016 at 1:10 AM, Tony Marston <TonyMarston@hotmail.com> wrote: > "Walter Parker" wrote in message > > news:CAMPTd_AHyV2d0_Saq=kPvhDZkKCMGkxAV8TNT4Hk9SdNGKCiiA@mail.gmail.com... > >> >> On Thu, Feb 18, 2016 at 11:30 AM, Sebastian Bergmann <sebastian@php.net> >> wrote: >> >> On 02/18/2016 02:10 PM, Colin O'Dell wrote: >>> >>> I'd like to propose an RFC to deprecate and eventually remove the "var" >>>> keyword. >>>> >>>> >>> +1 >>> >>> -- >>> PHP Internals - PHP Runtime Development Mailing List >>> To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php >>> >>> >>> What are your reasons for this proposal? >> >> I can think of multiple reasons why this might not be a good idea, but the >> only reason that pops to mind for getting rid of it is to make PHP work >> like a different style of language. >> >> >> Walter >> > > Your reason "make PHP work like a different style of language" is > meaningless. The removal of the "var" keyword does not change any > functionality. > > -- > Tony Marston > > > > > -- > PHP Internals - PHP Runtime Development Mailing List > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > I've been doing too much C# lately, mixing up the definitions of var (C# now uses var very frequently in coding). -- The greatest dangers to liberty lurk in insidious encroachment by men of zeal, well-meaning but without understanding. -- Justice Louis D. Brandeis