>> Would be posible for blocks to require a return statement instead of raising 
>> an error?
>
>It would be possible for the blocks to return values (though not with
>the return keyword). I've created a small prototype a few weeks ago:
>
>```
>$result = match ($x) {
>    0 => {
>        echo 'Foo';
>        echo 'Bar';
>        'Baz'
>    },
>    ...
>};
>```
>
>https://github.com/php/php-src/compare/master...iluuu1994:block-expression
>Heavily inspired by Rust:
>https://doc.rust-lang.org/reference/expressions/block-expr.html
>
>While this would perfectly solve the problem perfectly it feels a
>little foreign in PHP. Either way, this is something that can be
>discussed an implemented in a separate RFC.

My only concern about blocks is that I fell a bit odd that they can only be used
under some circustances. I think I would prefer to simply do not include them
for now, and discuss these “block expressions” in another RFC as they seem to
be an independent language feature.

Regards,
Iván Arias.

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