Re: Return When

On 26.11.2024 at 17:10, Volodymyr Volynets wrote: > I have an idea which will save a lot of code. I am proposing to add": > > return when [condition], [return value]; > > This construct will remove a lot of ifs statements after method calls. For > example: > > $result = Class->method(); > if (!$result['success']) { > return $result; > } > > This becomes: > return when !$result['success'], $result; > > Any thoughts? What's wrong with if (!$result['success']) return $result; That's not longer than what you are proposing, and in my opinion, quite readable. The fact that contemporary coding standards require you to write the if-body on a separate line and to always use braces, is perhaps a problem of these coding standards. Christoph