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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] [RFC] Pipe to return
To: Oleksii Bulba <oleksii.bulba@gmail.com>, internals@lists.php.net
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From: vadim.dvorovenko@gmail.com (Vadim Dvorovenko)

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04.02.2026 15:16, Oleksii Bulba пишет:
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> One question about semantics: what would be the expected behavior if 
> there is another pipe operand after |return|? For example:
>
> |$foo |> return |> bar(...);|
>
> Would this be a compile-time error, a no-op after |return|, or is 
> |return|intended to be a hard terminal in the pipe chain by definition?
>
> Best regards,
> Oleksii
>
This would lead to parse-time time error, `return |> ` is not valid 
grammar sequence.
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    <div class="moz-cite-prefix">04.02.2026 15:16, Oleksii Bulba пишет:<br>
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          <p class="gmail-isSelectedEnd"><span>One question about
              semantics: what would be the expected behavior if there is
              another pipe operand after </span><code><span>return</span></code><span>?
              For example:</span></p>
          <pre><code><span>$foo |&gt; return |&gt; bar(...);</span></code></pre>
          <p class="gmail-isSelectedEnd"><span>Would this be a
              compile-time error, a no-op after </span><code><span>return</span></code><span>,
              or is </span><code><span>return</span></code><span>
              intended to be a hard terminal in the pipe chain by
              definition?</span></p>
          <p><span>Best regards,</span><br>
            <span>Oleksii</span></p>
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    This would lead to parse-time time error, `return |&gt; ` is not
    valid grammar sequence.
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