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Date: Mon, 20 Apr 2020 21:39:43 -0500
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To: Larry Garfield <larry@garfieldtech.com>
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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] [RFC] Function pipe operator
From: ben@benramsey.com (Ben Ramsey)

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> On Apr 20, 2020, at 20:38, Larry Garfield <larry@garfieldtech.com> =
wrote:
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> Hello fine people of Internals!
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> I've been commenting on other RFCs enough lately that I should =
probably put myself through the wringer, too.  I therefore offer this =
RFC to add a function pipe operator, as seen in a number of other =
languages:
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> https://wiki.php.net/rfc/pipe-operator-v2
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> A patch is available here:
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> https://github.com/php/php-src/pull/5425
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> Although I have one or two bits of it that I could use feedback on.  =
(Let me know over on GitHub.)
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> It's deliberately a very small, lightweight, and targeted change.  The =
Future Work section suggests possible additions for later, but this is =
as much as my meager skills can manage for the moment.
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> My enormous thanks to Sammy K Powers and Levi Morrison for their =
copious hand-holding in my first foray into php-src.
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> *dons flame retardant suit*


I liked the use of expressions in the v1 proposal, but I agree with you =
that the use of callables simplifies the approach, and (IMO) provides a =
better developer experience, since I found the `$$` placeholder =
confusing.

I=E2=80=99m a +1 for this. I can=E2=80=99t wait to use it.

Cheers,
Ben


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