note 51534 added to language.functions

I know functions can't be undefined, now.. But how about this.. Include a file, the file defines a variable called "$function_name".. $function_name contains the name of the actual function.. The actual function_name is either created insitu or when the include file was created. The actual function name, in any case, has a random string associated with it (20 character alphanumeric?).. The file including this function, could somehow dynamically call the function using the $function_name variable.. Since the actual function name is some name plus a random string, it produces a kind of virtual scope (or a statically improbable conflict). Then you could call the same function multiples of times in the process of a script, and not have to worry about function name clashes.. Of course this is a memory leak in the making, but it allows one to essentially call similar named functions in the current state of PHP configuration.. ---- Manual Page -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/language.functions.php Edit -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=edit+51534 Delete: added to the manual -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+51534&report=yes&reason=added+to+the+manual Delete: bad code -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+51534&report=yes&reason=bad+code Delete: spam -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+51534&report=yes&reason=spam Delete: useless -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+51534&report=yes&reason=useless Delete: other reasons -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+51534&report=yes Reject -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=reject+51534&report=yes Search -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php