Re: [RFC] Short syntax for anonymous functions

From: Date: Thu, 21 Feb 2013 11:17:41 +0000
Subject: Re: [RFC] Short syntax for anonymous functions
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On 21/02/2013, at 6:12 AM, Lazare Inepologlou <[email protected]> wrote:

> 2013/2/20 Sanford Whiteman <[email protected]>
> 
>>> It still looks like some random characters bashed together by a monkey
>>> with a keyboard.
>> 
>> +1, I am a fiend for ternary expressions and crazy one-liners, but
>> this makes me want to go back and unroll everything I've ever done
>> into readable code. :)
>> 
>> -- S.
> 
> 
> Long code is not always equivalent to readable code. A shorter syntax could
> improve readability in *some* cases.
> 
> Long:
> $users->OrderBy( function( $x ){ return $x->Surname; } );
> 
> Short:
> $users->OrderBy( $x ==> $x->Surname );
> 
> 
> 
> Lazare INEPOLOGLOU
> Ingénieur Logiciel


I think your example proves the opposite. The fist example was much easier to read and understand
than the second.

Cheers,
David


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