Re: Introduce the abiltiy to use the first-call-callable syntax on non-static methods, statically

On Mon, Jan 23, 2023, at 10:53 AM, Ollie Read wrote: > There's definitely similarity, but I would say it sits somewhere > between the two. Rather than reference a partial method call, or create > a closure for a method, you're delaying a method call. Or rather, > referencing a method. We have the ::class pseudo property, so I see > this like an equivalent, but for methods. So what you're really looking for is a shorter way to write this: foo(fn(Str $s) => $s->beep()); Now you're definitely in the realm of PFA, pipes, and that kind of functionality. And, sadly, Internals has shown a great deal of resistance to that kind of functionality. I have a user-space implementation of pipes that includes utilities to do something similar[1], but most functional languages I know also don't have a really strong native way to "turn around" a call like that. I'd love a solution for that, but so far it has proven both elusive and controversial. --Larry Garfield [1] https://github.com/Crell/fp/blob/master/src/object.php#L28