note 70691 added to function.create-function

Beware when using anonymous functions in PHP as you would in languages like Python, Ruby, Lisp or Javascript. As was stated previously, the allocated memory is never released; they are not objects in PHP -- they are just dynamically named global functions -- so they don't have scope and are not subject to garbage collection. So, if you're developing anything remotely reusable (OO or otherwise), I would avoid them like the plague. They're slow, inefficient and there's no telling if your implementation will end up in a large loop. Mine ended up in an iteration over ~1 million records and quickly exhasted my 500MB-per-process limit. ---- Server IP: 64.71.164.2 Probable Submitter: 64.81.244.251 ---- Manual Page -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.create-function.php Edit -- https://master.php.net/note/edit/70691 Del: integrated -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/70691/integrated Del: useless -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/70691/useless Del: bad code -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/70691/bad+code Del: spam -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/70691/spam Del: non-english -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/70691/non-english Del: in docs -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/70691/in+docs Del: other reasons-- https://master.php.net/note/delete/70691 Reject -- https://master.php.net/note/reject/70691 Search -- https://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php