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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] Cascade Operator (was Re: [PHP-DEV] Proposal for php7
 class method return)
From: rowan.collins@gmail.com (Rowan Collins)

On 11/07/2016 16:33, Marco Pivetta wrote:
> Still interested: what's the actual added value of this sort of operator?

Arguably, the same value there is any syntax.

You could say that the -> operator is just a more readable form of 
overloaded function calls:

class Something { function bar(int $value); }
$foo->bar(42);

vs

function bar(@overload Something $this, int $value);
bar($foo, 42);

And, indeed, that all operators are just a more readable form of 
function calls.


Chaining syntax makes a certain style of programming easier. It doesn't 
allow you to do anything that you can't do without it, and the change is 
mostly cosmetic. Whether that's a good thing or bad thing depends 
whether you think that's a good style or not.

A bit of a non-answer, perhaps, but the question is pretty woolly too.

Regards,
-- 
Rowan Collins
[IMSoP]