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Subject: [PHP-DEV] [RFC] Pipe to return
From: vadim.dvorovenko@gmail.com (Vadim Dvorovenko)

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Introducing Pipe to return RFC

https://wiki.php.net/rfc/pipe_to_return

In short, RFC proposes piping expression result to `return` to be used 
together with pipe operator to reduce cognitive load

"Hello World" |> strlen <http://www.php.net/strlen>(...) |> return;

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Vadim Dvorovenko

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    <p>Introducing Pipe to return RFC</p>
    <p><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://wiki.php.net/rfc/pipe_to_return">https://wiki.php.net/rfc/pipe_to_return</a><br>
      <br>
      In short, RFC proposes piping expression result to `return` to be
      used together with pipe operator to reduce cognitive load<br>
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    class="st0"
    style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0); background-color: inherit;">"Hello World"</span> <span
    class="sy0" style="color: rgb(62, 153, 159);">|&gt;</span> <a
    href="http://www.php.net/strlen"
style="color: rgb(51, 102, 153); border-bottom: 1px solid; text-decoration: none;"><span
    class="kw3" style="color: rgb(137, 89, 168); font-weight: 600;">strlen</span></a><span
    class="br0" style="color: rgb(62, 153, 159); font-weight: 600;">(</span><span
    class="sy0" style="color: rgb(62, 153, 159);">...</span><span
    class="br0" style="color: rgb(62, 153, 159); font-weight: 600;">)</span> <span
    class="sy0" style="color: rgb(62, 153, 159);">|&gt;</span> <span
    class="kw1" style="color: rgb(200, 40, 41); font-weight: 600;">return</span><span
    class="sy0" style="color: rgb(62, 153, 159);">;</span></pre>
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    <p>Vadim Dvorovenko</p>
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