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Date: Fri, 3 Feb 2017 17:22:43 -0500
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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] Re: [RFC][Discuss] Arrow Functions
From: tendoaki@gmail.com (Michael Morris)

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On Fri, Feb 3, 2017 at 3:34 PM, <ilija.tovilo@me.com> wrote:

> I like the suggested syntax. The only drawback I see is that it inhibits
> the future addition of union types for closures:
>
>     |int | float $x| => $x
>
> Adding parentheses of course resolves the issue but looks a bit awkward:
>
>     |(int | float) $x| => $x
>
> Apart from that I have nothing to complain about. I'd be happy either way.
>

Good point, but union types are going to come up in this context I think.
Remember, these are for one line functions, which highly limits what they
can do.

>
>

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