Re: [RFC][DISCUSSION] Match expression v2

On Fri, May 22, 2020, at 10:42 AM, Ilija Tovilo wrote: > Hi Larry > > > My one question is why you're not including the implicit "match (true)" > > in this version, when the secondary vote on the previous RFC was > > 80% in favor of it. > > I received quite a bit of feedback that the RFC was too complex. I > tried to make the RFC simpler by removing all non-essential parts. I'm > ready to create a follow up RFC for this (although it would probably > not make PHP 8.0). Hm. A logical argument, but given its overwhelming support before and that it's therefore almost certain to pass in the future, I don't see why it's a net win to have PHP 8.0 missing that bit. It seemed uncontroversial, and seems like a highly common use case. --Larry Garfield