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PHP syntax restrictions affect the range of patterns we can express #16

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quasilyte opened this issue Aug 12, 2019 · 0 comments

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quasilyte commented Aug 12, 2019 •

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Pattern like function(${"*"}) {} is illegal, since param can only be represented with simple variable syntax.

Can't use variables inside constant decls:

'const $x = $y'
error: compile pattern: syntax error: unexpected T_VARIABLE, expecting T_STRING at line 1

See also #1.

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quasilyte changed the title ~~Can't use ${"*"} where PHP syntax won't allow~~ PHP syntax restrictions affect the range of patterns we can express

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