On Wed, Jul 20, 2016 at 8:50 PM, Larry Garfield <[email protected]> wrote:
> I am still generally in favor of this proposal. Especially when dealing
> with nested array functions this operator would be a big boon to
> readability.
>
That's honestly my 90% use-case as well. array_merge and array_filter
in particular.
> However, the introduction discusses fluent chained methods of objects, and
> states " This RFC aims to improve code readability by bringing fluent
> expressions to functional and OOP libraries not originally designed for the
> task." The examples, however, all seem to be centered around procedural
> calls. (A static method call is the same thing as a procedural function
> call in this respect.) When dealing with methods on an object, it seems it
> wouldn't offer much.
>
In this context, I'd argue instance method calls aren't much different
from static method calls either, but I wanted to avoid too many
abstract/contrived examples.
I suppose one might do something like:
return $this->loadConfig()
|> $arg->useConfig($$)
|> $this->loadUser($$)
|> array_merge($$, $this->userDefaults);
But the PSR7 example is already contrived as it is.
> This other recent discussion/proposal for a "Cascade" operator seems like it
> would handle the OOP/method case much better:
>
> http://news.php.net/php.internals/94466
>
> Note: I am not suggesting one is a substitute for the other; rather, that
> they are complementary by addressing different parts of the problem space,
> and the Pipe RFC should likely not emphasize OOP usage potential as I see
> not a great deal there. I am still in favor of it, but let's not over-state
> its use cases.
>
Fair enough. They certainly complement one another and I wouldn't
argue either is a one-job-fits-all solution. I wasn't trying to
emphasize OOP usage so much as include it as applicable. I think we
might actually be agreeing in principle even if we're diverging in our
word choices. :)
> PS: I am very disappointed that you chose to name the $$ token
> T_PIPE_VARIABLE and not T_BLINGBLING.
>
I leave the silly token names to Ze'ev/Andi (T_PAAMAYIM_NEKUDOTAYIM)
and Davey (T_SPACESHIP).
I am nothing if not entirely serious and professional. ;p
-Sara
P.S. - I'm totes going to make that a secondary voting choice now.
Name the token, 50% majority wins.
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