Re: [RFC] Pipe Operator

On Thu, May 12, 2016 at 11:52 AM, François Laupretre <francois@php.net> wrote: > If we restrict usage to function calls, we can quite easily get rid of the $$ by > associating to each function the position where the lhs must be inserted > when used as a 'piped function call'. > So we'd have to audit all 4k+ functions in the PHP runtime (and provide a mechanism for defining it on userspace functions)? That feels like a LOT of work for an alternate approach to something which takes much less work as proposed. I'm hoping I misunderstand what you're suggesting... > Getting rid of the $$ would resolve most issues about parameter order in the > existing library, which is probably the biggest PHP sadness. > I will admit that anything which alleviates the sadness from argument ordering in the standard lib will be nice. I'm just skeptical of the work it'll take to get there. > My question, before I write a detailed proposal for this, is : do you want > to keep the possiblility to use *any* expression between pipe operators, or > would it be acceptable to restrict this to function calls? > I'd like to keep the ability to use arbitrary expressions as it keeps the language overall more consistent. That said, nothing is set in stone and the point of a discussion period is to discuss. Maybe with your proposal written out it'll make more sense to me. -Sara