> Am 25.04.2020 um 12:39 schrieb Ilija Tovilo <[email protected]>:
>
> Hi internals
>
> I have opened the voting on the match expression RFC. It will end on
> 9th of May, 2020.
> https://wiki.php.net/rfc/match_expression
>
> Here are the last changes:
>
> In the last update I mentioned allowing return values in blocks.
> Unfortunately, we discovered some technical difficulties (memory
> leaks) which are very hard to solve. Nikita is experimenting on a
> possible solution. There was also a fair bit of backlash over the
> syntax. Thus I have decided to move block expressions to a separate
> RFC. Note that blocks with just statements remain part of this RFC.
>
> The "duplicate condition" warning mentioned by Dan was removed due to
> the arguments made by Tyson.
>
> I have also moved the optional semicolon for the match in statement
> form to a separate vote as this was another controversial part of the
> proposal.
>
> Furthermore I have added another secondary vote for allowing to drop
> (true) conditions as that was suggested multiple times:
>
> match {
> $age >= 30 => {},
> $age >= 20 => {},
> $age >= 10 => {},
> default => {},
> }
>
> // Equivalent to
>
> match (true) {
> $age >= 30 => {},
> $age >= 20 => {},
> $age >= 10 => {},
> default => {},
> }
>
> There is a separate poll for specifying the reason for a "no" vote.
> Let me know if there are any other reasons so I can add those to the
> poll.
>
> A personal thank you goes out to Tyson for his guidance!
>
> Regards,
> Ilija
Hey Ilija,
while in general I'm okay-ish with match using a strict comparison,
shall the "match { $cond1 => {}, $cond2 => {} }" syntax be strict or not? I
would do a simple truthiness check in that particular case (which IMHO is also
consistent as there is no explicit value it's compared against).
That way it would essentially have the semantics of a chained ternary without
being illegible.
At least as match {} without explicit expected value is effectively a boolean
comparison (doesn't feel really like a strict value comparison), it should also
behave like a classical boolean comparison.
In general, apart from that very last change (I think you should have given it
at least 1-2 days of consideration before starting the vote), the RFC is nice
and provides a concise syntax for something which usually is quite uglily
expressed.
Bob
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