Hello, >> $add = | $x |=> | $y : $x |=> $x+$y; > Not sure that it's really readable.
This is not the most trivial example. In my blog, there is a small sub-section where I explain why this is more readable than an implementation with the current syntax. See under "Readability" and "A more complicated example". http://linepogl.wordpress.com/2011/08/04/short-closures-for-php-an-implementation/ :-) Lazare INEPOLOGLOU Ingénieur Logiciel Le 4 août 2011 10:50, Frédéric Hardy <frederic.ha...@mageekbox.net> a écrit : > Hello ! > >> I've always thought that just supressing the "function" keyword could work >> as a shorthand, i.e. having ([param1 [, param2 [, ...]]]){...}. Somewhat >> similar to Ruby's lambda shorthand: >> http://slideshow.rubyforge.org/ruby19.html#40 >> >> > Huge +1 for that. > Code using closures will be more readable. > >> $add = | $x |=> | $y : $x |=> $x+$y; >>>> >>>> >>> Not sure that it's really readable. > Moreover, it's more Perl/Ruby way than PHP way. > > Best regards, > Fred > > -- > ======================================================================== > Frédéric Hardy : Architecte d'application/Admin. système/Ergonome > CV : http://blog.mageekbox.net/public/cv.frederic.hardy.pdf > Blog : http://blog.mageekbox.net > Twitter : http://twitter.com/mageekguy > ======================================================================== > >
