Re: [RFC] Short syntax for anonymous functions

On Thu, Feb 21, 2013 at 4:17 AM, David Muir <davidkmuir@gmail.com> wrote: > > On 21/02/2013, at 6:12 AM, Lazare Inepologlou <linepogl@gmail.com> wrote: > >> 2013/2/20 Sanford Whiteman <swhitemanlistens-software@cypressintegrated.com> >> >>>> It still looks like some random characters bashed together by a monkey >>>> with a keyboard. >>> >>> +1, I am a fiend for ternary expressions and crazy one-liners, but >>> this makes me want to go back and unroll everything I've ever done >>> into readable code. :) >>> >> >> Long code is not always equivalent to readable code. A shorter syntax could >> improve readability in *some* cases. >> >> Long: >> $users->OrderBy( function( $x ){ return $x->Surname; } ); >> >> Short: >> $users->OrderBy( $x ==> $x->Surname ); >> > > I think your example proves the opposite. The fist example was much easier to read and > understand than the second. > Obviously that's up to interpretation; I think the second is better though I don't understand why ==> is there instead of something simpler.