On Fri, Jan 20, 2017 at 3:53 AM, François Laupretre <flaupre...@free.fr> wrote: > Le 19/01/2017 à 22:53, Levi Morrison a écrit : >> >> On Thu, Jan 19, 2017 at 11:12 AM, François Laupretre <flaupre...@free.fr> >> wrote: >>> >>> Le 19/01/2017 à 13:54, Levi Morrison a écrit : >>>> >>>> The `|>` symbol would be the piping operator with these semantics: >>>> 1. Evaluate the left-hand side. >>>> 2. Evaluate the right-hand side. Assert that the result is >>>> callable. >>>> 3. Pass the result from 1. as the single argument to 2. >>> >>> >>> May I suggest extending your 3rd rule to : when the right hand side has >>> the >>> form of a function call, insert the result from 1. as first argument of >>> 2. >>> This way, right hand side may specify additional arguments >> >> If we only had `|>` this may be good but since we are also proposing >> `$$` then this renders your suggestion unnecessary: >> >> $string |> trim($$) >> >> Would work just fine with no performance overhead. >> >> Additionally, you could write: >> >> $input |> array_map($fn, $$) >> >> Or: >> >> $input |> array_filter($$, $fn) >> >> Basically, `$$` gives the flexibility of passing additional arguments >> and keeps `|>` simple. No need for additional rules for `|>`. > > > Right, I just suggest to make the '$$' optional when used as first arg of a > rhs call. Except complex cases like array_xx() functions which will > generally require an explicit '$$', most cases will feature a '$$' as first > arg of a function call. This may be considered as better because more > explicit, but I think the case is prominent enough to justify this > 'shortcut'. > > Another question: Will you accept several occurences of '$$' in a RHS ? > > Last, a cosmetic suggestion : replace '$$' with '$<' (more explicit as > 'input data', imo). > > Regards > > François
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