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Date: Thu, 20 May 2021 17:55:05 +0200
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To: Nikita Popov <nikita.ppv@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] [RFC] First-class callable syntax
From: guilliam.xavier@gmail.com (Guilliam Xavier)

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On Thu, May 20, 2021 at 5:12 PM Nikita Popov <nikita.ppv@gmail.com> wrote:

> On Thu, May 20, 2021 at 4:16 PM Ond=C5=99ej Mirtes <ondrej@mirtes.cz> wro=
te:
>
> > Hi, I=E2=80=99m confused by the syntax, when I read it, I think to myse=
lf =E2=80=9CI know
> > this, this is just a method call=E2=80=A6 oh wait, it=E2=80=99s actuall=
y a callable=E2=80=9D. It
> > really makes my head hurt.
> >
>
> Yes, I can see how that could be confusing. The current syntax is chosen =
to
> be a subset of the partial function application proposal. However, I woul=
d
> also be happy with some other syntax that makes it clearer that this is
> acquiring a callable and not performing a call.
>

Hi, several other syntaxes have been proposed to consideration in the PFA
thread, and I wouldn't want to start new bikeshedding here; is there a
place that would be more appropriate to gather the possibilities (like a
kind of updatable list)?

Thanks,

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Guilliam Xavier

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