instance version of match ?

From: Date: Mon, 28 Mar 2022 23:55:26 +0000
Subject: instance version of match ?
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Hi, May I suggest adding a little "instanceof" magic to match? Like this: match ($object) { Someinterface => 'foo', AnotherInterface => 'bar', } this can not clash with any existing code as using identifiers like this are a syntax error currently. Currently you could do the same with match (true) { $object instanceof Someinterface::class => 'foo', $object instanceof AnotherInterface::class => 'bar', } Indeed, the former could be considered syntactic sugar for the latter. And I do not think there's any ambiguity here for the casual reader or is it just me who thinks no other sensible reading is possible? Thanks for your consideration. Karoly Negyesi

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