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Date: Sat, 30 Apr 2016 11:57:40 -0700
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To: Lester Caine <lester@lsces.co.uk>
Cc: PHP internals <internals@lists.php.net>, Larry Garfield <larry@garfieldtech.com>
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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] [RFC] Pipe Operator
From: pollita@php.net (Sara Golemon)

On Sat, Apr 30, 2016 at 11:41 AM,  <lester@lsces.co.uk> wrote:
> God I hate crap software ... TRYING to reply without top post ... but Samsung is incapable!
>
> What I was trying to comment on was that trapping that no result is returned may be what is needed, so handling the empty array rather than a null return just means having to remember what you do use :(
>
What follows is a terrible idea and I don't mean to propose it as a
solution, but to spark further conversation:

$result = getData()
  ?> doStuffWith($$)
  :> actOnFailureOf($$);

Basically, a chaining ternary such that the result of the condition
expression propagates to the true/false expressions.  Not really the
same feature at this point, but a similar chaining-friendly take on
the standard ternary.  Just thinking out loud...

-Sara