Re: [RFC] Pre-draft for PipeOp v2

On Wed, 20 Sep 2017, Nikita Popov wrote: > On Wed, Sep 20, 2017 at 6:32 AM, Sara Golemon <pollita@php.net> wrote: > > > I was planning to update the RFC, but wiki.php.net is having issues > > atm and isn't coming back up with basic coaxing, so I'll just start > > discussion informally, and the RFC can be updates later. <snip> > > Non-Goal: I didn't include support for base function names (e.g. > > "hello" |> strtoupper) because of the > > conflict with constants. > > Using a constant to store your function name is totes legit and > > consistent with language syntax. > > > > Future Scope: Short Lambdas $x => $x + 1 and Partial > > Functions > > someFunc('fixed val1', ..., 'fixed > > val2') would help make this > > functionality more useful and are worth discussing as a sub-thread, > > but are not required to be implemented at the same time. > > > > I think this feature makes very little sense if it's not introduced > together with a way of making partial application much more ergonomic than > it is now. What do you mean here by "partial application"? cheers, Derick