[zackmorris]

Thanks for that! The only error I see in their implementation is that we can't use variables for the name like:

  $name = 'foo';
  myFunction($name: 'bar');

Thankfully, we can still pass an array with the spread operator like:

  $name = 'foo';
  $array = [$name => 'bar'];
  myFunction(...$array);

I wonder if this would work:

  $name = 'foo';
  myFunction(...[$name => 'bar']);

Thankfully it's rather unlikely that someone would use a variable for the name anyway.

Where this will bite people is when they do meta programming with functions that process functions and function signatures.

Maybe I'm missing something, but I find this to be another tragically missed opportunity. It's just unnecessary friction where there didn't need to be any, which makes me sad. At least they can add variable name support someday, because it's easier to allow something restricted than restrict something that used to work. Hopefully there is a "good reason" for this oversight.

[tored]

It works https://3v4l.org/qY3os