I was wondering... PHP is the only language I know of where you have to
write `(new Foo())->bar()` instead of
`new Foo()->bar()`. This is particularly apparent with the builder pattern:
$developer->drink((new Coffee())->withCream()->withSugar());
$logger->log((new LogMessage())->withMessage('Coffee was drunk'));
Since `new Foo()->bar()` cannot (and probably should not) be used to
"dynamically instantiate a new thing of the class
name returned by function Foo()", it seems like it would be no problem to
change the precedence rules so that
`new Foo()->bar()` means "instantiate a new Foo and call bar() on it".
It's currently a syntax error, so allowing it would be automatically
compatible.
Has this ever been discussed before?
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