Re: Re: [VOTE] nullsafe operator RFC

Hi again > > I just noticed that while we support "$a->b", we do not support > > "$a?->b" (the quotes are relevant -- I'm talking about interpolated strings here). > > That is, in the latter case the "?->b" is just treated like a string part, not like a > > property access. > > > > I don't think the behavior for this case has been discussed and I'm not sure > > what the intended behavior here is. > > I missed that one. There's a test for var_dump("{$null?->foo}"); but > not one without the braces. I would classify this as a bug and expect > this to behave the same as -> (but not erroring on null obviously). > Worth noting that chaining won't work as it doesn't work for -> > either. > > Sara/Gabriel, What do you think? Should we fix this? I'm assuming this > will only require a change in the grammar but I haven't checked yet. Just as I sent this I realized this is technically a breaking change, probably a small one but still worth mentioning. I'm now also not totally sure if we should change it at this point. Let me know what you think. Ilija