Re: [RFC] Function pipe operator

On Tue, Apr 21, 2020 at 3:39 AM Larry Garfield <larry@garfieldtech.com> wrote: > Hello fine people of Internals! > > I've been commenting on other RFCs enough lately that I should probably > put myself through the wringer, too. I therefore offer this RFC to add a > function pipe operator, as seen in a number of other languages: > > https://wiki.php.net/rfc/pipe-operator-v2 > > A patch is available here: > > https://github.com/php/php-src/pull/5425 > > Although I have one or two bits of it that I could use feedback on. (Let > me know over on GitHub.) > > It's deliberately a very small, lightweight, and targeted change. The > Future Work section suggests possible additions for later, but this is as > much as my meager skills can manage for the moment. > > My enormous thanks to Sammy K Powers and Levi Morrison for their copious > hand-holding in my first foray into php-src. > > *dons flame retardant suit* > I like the basic idea, but don't think it makes sense to introduce the syntax *before* we have first-class support for partial function application. Without it, you're forced to use PHP's awkward callable syntax, which imho makes for a regression over writing things the normal way. Nikita