Re: [RFC] Pipe Assignment Operator

On Mon, 13 Jul 2026 15:54:36 +0000, Holly Schilling wrote: > I won’t get to vote on this RFC, but I wanted to give my brief opinion. To be fair, my > initial opinion was that I loved the symmetry of this along with +=, > -=, and similar operators, but really hated how I assumed it was > likely be used. I started typing up a message showing examples of how it could be used, but as I did > I fell in love with it. > > It’s a little annoying to type on the standard US Keyboard layout, but its readable as a > syntax and has a clear meaning once understood. This is the example that made me really love the > <> operator (with PFA): > > ``` > $array |>= array_map(transform(…), …); > ``` Glad you like it! I think it will really clean up a lot of code, particularly since   - it removes the need to duplicate the variable name on both sides   - it is more performant (through memoization) when there's an expression involved without having to introduce an intermediate variable. I think would be fantastic if this landed with PFA Best, Caleb