Re: Null-safe property access in interpolated strings

From: Date: Mon, 10 Aug 2020 15:06:50 +0000
Subject: Re: Null-safe property access in interpolated strings
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Hi Nikita > > I think if it can be reasonably fixed it probably would make sense for > > consistency and WTF-avoidance if anything. > > Agree. I don't think the question of whether it is useful should come into > this, it's a matter of language consistency. There could be some leeway > here if we say that we have plans to deprecate the "$x->y" syntax in the > future anyway and don't want to extend it anymore -- but I don't believe we > have such plans at the present time. So for the sake of consistency let's merge this then. As mentioned, the BC break should be very very small. A few people have mentioned they didn't expect it to work but when asked again they didn't feel strongly about it. Unless there are objections I will merge this tomorrow. A review of the PR would also be welcome. Ilija

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