Re: Re: Legal variable names
| From: | Sascha Schumann | Date: | Wed, 22 Nov 2000 16:51:22 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: Re: Legal variable names | ||
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> > Do I understand you correctly that your explanation is
> > "because we can"?
>
> Sascha,
>
> Again, *YES*, unless it's a blunt bug, then 'because we can' is exactly the
> right reasoning. Why is it legal to write a for loop in PHP? I'll tell
> you why, because if you do it, it'll work. That's no different.
>
> > Regardless, the above construct seems to be valid since PHP
> > 3, so it will be part of the specification.
>
> Do you realize that your explanation is identical to that of Andre? :)
Backwards compatibility vs. engineer's "because we can".
I don't see how those two criterias are equal.
- Sascha