Re: Inline switch as alternative to nested inline conditional

Hi Kosit, Å›r., 16 paź 2019 o 09:41 Kosit Supanyo <webdevxp.com@gmail.com> napisaÅ‚(a): > Hi Michal > > I'had the idea similar to your RFC but instead of using switchñì¡ > _e)€ñaR:Q€ keyword I > think introducing when keyword is better. (as I know a language > that uses > this keyword is Kotlin) > > $result = when ($v) { > 'foo' => 1, > 'bar' => 2, > 'x', 'y', 'z' => 3, > default => null, > }; > > Above you can see that when syntax is more semantic than > switch. And > it is easier to implement in parser because it has no statement/expression > ambiguity. > > But this might not be preferred by BC camps because introducing a new > keyword might break BC. > And if switch is chosen I still think the syntax should be > comma > separated instead of semicolon separated for consistency with other list > expressions (array/function call). > > $result = switch ($v) { > case 'foo' => 1, > case 'bar' => 2, > case 'x', 'y', 'x' => 3, > default => null, > }; > That's exactly my proposal with commas, see here: https://wiki.php.net/rfc/switch-expression-and-statement-improvement#switch_expression_introduction Unfortunately, this RFC needs more work cause it mixes switch statement enhancement with comma-separated list syntax and of switch statement - I need to split it into two RFC's This is nice hearing that this idea has an interest. As soon as the RFC will be split and finished I can start a discussion thread. Cheers, MichaÅ‚ Brzuchalski