Re: Methods which auto-return the class instance

On Fri, Dec 23, 2022 at 10:33 AM Claude Pache <claude.pache@gmail.com> wrote: > > ```php > public function hit(): $this { $this->counter++; } > ``` > > Here, there is only one possible return value, and therefore the > return > instruction might be reasonably omitted. > > The real question is: Is it worth to add special cases for some specific > return values? > We do have true, false, and null as return types ( https://www.php.net/releases/8.2/en.php#null_false_true_types). I'm personally not opposed to having $this as return type, but it also starts getting close to short function notations.