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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] First-class callable partial application
From: rowan.collins@gmail.com (Rowan Tommins)

On 13/03/2023 20:44, Larry Garfield wrote:
> As has been discussed numerous times, all of the most used array functions need to be redesigned to work with iterables, and in many cases make more sense.  That would be a natural time to also revisit parameter order to fit with whatever partial application syntax was in use.


It's not just the array functions, though, it's every single function 
built into PHP, and an even longer list of userland library and 
framework functions; and there will always be competing reasons for 
preferring one signature over another. What attracts me about features 
like PFA is precisely that they let you work in new ways *without* 
having to rewrite all of that.

Some more examples of placeholder-first application, from a quick skim 
through the documentation:

$escape = htmlspecialchars(?, ENT_XML1);
$containsAt = str_contains(?, '@');
$priceFormatter = number_format(?, 2, ',', '.');
$addSigToFile = file_put_contents(?, $signature, FILE_APPEND);
$takeOwnership = chown(?, get_current_user());
$encode = json_encode(?, JSON_THROW_ON_ERROR | JSON_PRESERVE_ZERO_FRACTION);
$unserialize = unserialize(?, ['allowed_classes' => false]);
$isLogger = is_subclass_of(?, LoggerInterface::class, false);

I'm sure I could look through Laravel's documentation, or Symfony's, and 
find examples there too.

Regards,

-- 
Rowan Tommins
[IMSoP]