Re: Pipe Operator v2

On Thu, Jan 19, 2017 at 4:08 PM, Rowan Collins <rowan.collins@gmail.com> wrote: > > > On 19/01/2017 22:17, Ryan Pallas wrote: > >> >> When you say assert the right hand side is callable, does that mean to >> call an object method, you would do [$obj, 'method']? What about >> functions, >> is it just the name like $str |> trim, or is it $str |> trim()? >> > > This is a good point. The difference between the pipe operator as proposed > by Sara and the combination of two separate operators is that in Sara's > proposal you'd always write this: > > $str |> trim($$) > > But in Levi's proposal as I understand it, the right-hand side is not > syntax, it's just constrained to be callable, so the simpler (but rather > ugly) form would be: > > $str |> 'trim' > See I don't like that at all, I hate having to put functions/methods in strings, as find usages and refactor tools generally don't find the strings. But sometimes I have to yield my preference to those who outrank me (aka those with voting power)