Alan Knowles wrote:
> for the life of me I cant remember the date of it, (or even find it on
> google/zend.com/marc.theaimsgroup... etc.)
>
> from what i remember, it had a number of flaws.
>
> a) ambiguaty of the source of a variable or method, (as it was
> originally illustrated as poluting the local variable namespace)
>
> b) the same (or similar) result, could easily be done using aliases,
> eg.
> $a = &$this->xxx->yyyy
> $a->doThis();
>
> rather than
>
> with ($this->xxx->yyy) {
> doThis();
> }
>
> Regards
> Alan
>
>
>
> jason davidson wrote:
>
>> If someone could help me find the discusions on the topic, i would
>> greatly appreciate it. I searched and have not found anything yet.
>> Or if someone could explain why the idea was rejected.
>> Thanks
>> jason
>>
>>
>
>
Regarding being able to produce the same result with current constucts,
there is no argument, your right, im not at all implying its a necassary
construct, regarding ambiguity, it is well implemented in other
languages without problem.
