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From: arokettu@outlook.com (Anton Smirnov)

On 26/11/2024 18:10, Volodymyr Volynets wrote:
 > I have an idea which will save a lot of code. I am proposing to add":
 >
 > return when [condition], [return value];
 >
 > This construct will remove a lot of ifs statements after method calls.
 > For example:
 >
 > $result = Class->method();
 > if (!$result['success']) {
 >      return $result;
 > }
 >
 > This becomes:
 > return when !$result['success'], $result;
 >
 > Any thoughts?

Is there a language that uses a similar syntax? I don't find it 
readable. It also uses a new keyword (when) when you can reuse if I'd 
say, also comma does not look like a good separator here.

Some alternatives could be:

Perl&Ruby-like postfix if:

     return $result if (!$result['success']);

or making return an expression that will allow us to do like this

     $result['success'] ?: return false;

and

     match ($something) {
         123 => do_stuff(),
         default => return false,
     }

but they both can open an endless can of worms I'd say so I agree with 
Christoph that the current syntax is good enough

Anton