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Date: Thu, 25 Jan 2024 12:28:54 +0200
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To: Robert Landers <landers.robert@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] Discussion: making continue and break into an expression
From: rokas.sleinius@gmail.com (=?UTF-8?Q?Rokas_=C5=A0leinius?=)

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On Thu, Jan 25, 2024, 11:16 Robert Landers <landers.robert@gmail.com> wrote=
:

> Hello internals,
>
> Now that throwing is an expression, it allows for some very concise
> programming. What are your thoughts on making a break/continue into an
> expression as well?
>
> Instead of:
>
> while(true) {
> ...
> if(is_null($arr['var'])) continue;
> if($something) continue; else break;
> ...
> }
>
> You could write
>
> while(true) {
> ...
> $arr['var'] ?? continue;
> $something ? continue : break;
> ...
> }
>
> Robert Landers
> Software Engineer
> Utrecht NL
>
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Me personally would love to see `return` receive such treatment too!

(for a SerenityOS-like pattern of returning =E2=80=9DErrorOr=E2=80=9D-like =
objects)

P.S. sorry for a simple =E2=80=9Dme too=E2=80=9D reply

>

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