On Thu, May 12, 2016 at 5:33 AM, Quim Calpe <q...@kalpe.com> wrote: > Is $0 being considered? It's not ideal but is used as "pattern match > reference" in preg_replace, so we have a (sort of) precedent here. Same for > $1 (first capturing subpattern). > I don't believe it's been brought up yet, and it'd actually resolve the minor conflict with the variable-variable-comment-brace pattern, but the objections I've seen seem to have less to do with symbol choice and more to do with blanket dislike for the idea as a whole.
That said, I'm not over-concerned with what the symbol is, provided it makes sense within the scope of PHP, and doesn't cause too many headaches in the frontend compiler. -Sara -- PHP Internals - PHP Runtime Development Mailing List To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
