Re: [RFC] [DISCUSSION] Compact Object Property Assignment

Thank you, Michał, for chiming in :-) On Tue, Mar 17, 2020 at 10:52 AM Michał Brzuchalski <michal.brzuchalski@gmail.com> wrote: > For object initializer, I was hoping to introduce a feature which with the benefits of typed > properties > could reduce the boilerplate on initializing object and setting their properties in one > expression. Exactly my motivation with COPA as well; - Typed properties - check, - Reduce boilerplate - check, - Initializing and setting properties in one expression - check. > With object initializer, this could be reduced to: > > $this->dispatch(new SomeCommand { foo = 'bar', baz = false }); And with COPA it would be; $this->dispatch((new SomeCommand)->[ foo = 'bar', baz = false ]); Subtle differences, when compared to the currently available alternative. > But as mentioned IMO this is a different feature than what you propose and personally I see no > point > in reducing only assignment statements without combining it with object construction for these > kinds > of small objects, DTO's, commands, queries and events. Maybe you missed that COPA can be combined with object construction? > but personally I don't need a constructor at all in those cases since we > have typed properties and it looks like they could be also marked as read-only in next major > PHP version. Exactly, and as I couldn't help notice that you voted for the Write Once Properties RFC, which clearly states that object construction is a fuzzy term (meaning don't take it too seriously) and lazy initialization is a feature... I hope you will either reconsider your support for COPA or let me know what I'm missing so I can consider other directions.