Re: [RFC] Pattern Matching

On Mon, Dec 1, 2025, 9:39 PM Larry Garfield <larry@garfieldtech.com> wrote: > Hi folks. Ilija and I would like to present our latest RFC endeavor, > pattern matching: > > https://wiki.php.net/rfc/pattern-matching > > You may note the date on the RFC is from 2020. Yes, we really have had > this one in-progress for 5 years. :-) (Though it was inactive for many of > those years, in fairness.) Pattern matching was intended as the next > follow up to Enums, as it's a stepping stone toward full ADT support. > However, we also feel it has enormous benefit on its own for simplifying > complex comparisons. > > This RFC has been through numerous iterations, including a full > implementation rewrite just recently that made a number of features much > easier. We have therefore included two patterns that were previously > slated for later inclusion but turned out to be trivially easy in the new > approach. (Variable pinning and numeric comparison.) > > Nonetheless, there are two outstanding questions on which we are looking > for feedback. > > Naturally given the timing, we will not be calling a vote until at least > late January, regardless of how the discussion goes. So, plenty of time to > express your support. :-) > Hi Larry, Looking decent so far. match() seems a bit clunky in current state. Is it just your code example, and you could come with another one? The match(true) and repeating of $somevar over and over is the clunky part. Normal match($somevar) .. this is clean and works like switch() so people are happy adopting it .. whereas match() and match() is, look similar but you have to use them differently ? Can you clarify? Many thanks, Paul > -- > Larry Garfield > larry@garfieldtech.com >