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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] [RFC] Partial function application
From: paul.crovella@gmail.com (Paul Crovella)

On Sun, Apr 25, 2021 at 12:27 PM Larry Garfield <larry@garfieldtech.com> wr=
ote:
>
> Greetings, Internalians!
>
> I would like to offer for your consideration another RFC, specifically sy=
ntax for partial function application.
>
> https://wiki.php.net/rfc/partial_function_application
>
> It includes an implementation by Joe Watkins that is already about 95% co=
mplete.  (There's some edge cases he's still sorting out, but all of the ty=
pical cases should work already.)  Most of the design work comes from Levi =
Morrison and Paul Crovella.  I helped out with the tests, a few edge bits, =
and general instigator/nudge. :-)
>
> Discuss.

Regarding "Comparison to other languages" and "Syntax choices" - I
lifted the design and ? character directly from XQuery, adapting for
PHP's variadic nature.