Re: [RFC] Pipe Operator (again)

Hi Larry! It's been a long, long way to get this feature, awesome work. Have you considered adding a compose function that does the same thing but in the classic PHP function style? There's not much difference between the new style: $processor = fn ($data) => htmlentities($data) |> str_split(...), |> fn($x) => array_map(strtoupper(...), $x), |> fn($x) => array_filter($x, fn($v) => $v != 'O’); and the old one: $processor = compose( htmlentities(...), str_split(...), fn ($x) => array_map(strtoupper(...), $x), fn ($x) => array_filter($x, fn ($v) => $v != 'O'), ); But the classic looks better when you create real pipes. I’ve created examples with comparison. https://3v4l.org/jY0Vg https://3v4l.org/87Sj2 https://3v4l.org/4EE6b New syntax just makes code shorter, but the compose function still have benefits: - it will be able to add a polyfill for older versions - it will be possible to write the first function without passing the first argument ($data in the "fn ($data) => htmlentities($data)”) - it will be possible to re-use the compose function along with the new operator $data |> compose(…$functions) ---------- Best regards, Dmitrii Derepko. @xepozz