On Saturday, Aug 30, 2003, at 14:31 America/New_York, Marcus Börger wrote:
Hello LingWitt,
Hi.
- PHP is typeless
Thanks, but that's established.
- for doesn't span any declaration level and hence does not have its own
symbol table
This is ridiculous.
- PHP is not c, not C++ not Java, not...IT IS PHP
Simplistic, unyielding, dogmatic tripe.
Saturday, August 30, 2003, 8:24:49 PM, you wrote:
Lic> That part of the for loop is inherently declaratory. As a result, the
Lic> interpreter should add any variables in that portion to the new symbol
Lic> table of that for loop. Any most other languages, that portion of the
Lic> for loop creates variables specifically in the scope of the for loop.
Lic> Other variables of the same name are masked. Its a matter of function.
Lic> If you don't change it, so what. But completeness of logic is the
Lic> hallmark of computing. That's what separates the true masterpieces from
Lic> the crap, the Apples from the Microsofts.
Lic> On Saturday, Aug 30, 2003, at 11:49 America/New_York, Rasmus Lerdorf
Lic> wrote:
Of course it is a matter of typing. In a loosely typed language there
is
no concept of variable declaration.
-Rasmus
On Sat, 30 Aug 2003 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Its not a matter of loose typing. Its a matter of the function of the
first part of the for loop construct. It is used to declare (or
"create") variables for use in the scope of the for loop. Its this way
in virtually every language. Moreover, with the current
implementation,
the part of the for loop of which I speak could be left out without
trouble. Its unnecessary. Furthermore, a new implementation should not
affect old code.
On Saturday, Aug 30, 2003, at 11:02 America/New_York, Rasmus Lerdorf wrote:
PHP, is a loosely typed language. If you want a strongly typed
language
where you can redeclare and re-use the same variable names within the
same
scope, then use a strongly typed language. There are plenty of them
around. This will never ever change in PHP.
-- Best regards, Marcus mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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