Hi Iván
> 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.
> Would be feasible for the fallthrought problem to use “continue” when you
> really want to chain “cases”?
Yes, that would be feasible. I personally just don't see a huge
benefit of fallthrough. If we ever implemented pattern matching it
could become unfeasible again (or at least require additional sanity
checks):
```
match ($value) {
Foo { foo: $foo } => {
fallthrough;
}
Bar { bar: $bar } => {
// $bar is unbound
}
}
```
Ilija
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