> On Oct 20, 2019, at 11:11 PM, Kosit Supanyo <webdevxp....@gmail.com> wrote:
> Ok, so let's look at a scenario. Will we be able to do this in the future, if
> we decide to allow multiple expressions to result in a final value?
> $y = switch ($x) {
> case 1 => $arr = get_array(), array_pop($arr),
> case -1 => $arr = get_array(), array_unshift($arr),
> default => null,
> };
>
> As I told you in previous reply, I'm working on block-expressions as well. So
> if PHP has block-expressions you can do the same this way:
>
> $y = switch ($x) {
> case 1 => eval {
> $arr = get_array();
> give array_pop($arr);
> },
> case -1 => eval {
> $arr = get_array();
> give array_shift($arr);
> },
> default => null,
> };
I know you said you were working on block expressions, but I did not view that
as the best solution to the question I asked although I see that is how you
envision it.
> Which is obviously cleaner and more powerful.
That is arguable. I find the solution you proposed above that uses `eval()` to
be very "busy" visually, and needlessly complex/ You could instead simply
assume that case statements supports multiple lines with the last providing the
value, and thus not requiring the use of an explicit `eval()`. But to do that
would require semi-colon line terminators, I think.
Note I also think `eval()` would also be a nice to have, but what would be even
nicer is if the inline switch did not require use of `eval()` to support
multiple lines per case.
#fwiw
-Mike
