Hi internals
> With match this becomes much more concise:
>
> ```php
> $this->handler = function ($var): string {
> return match {
> null === $var => 'null',
> true === $var => 'true',
> false === $var => 'false',
> \is_string($var) => '"'.$var.'"',
> default => rtrim(print_r($var, true)),
> };
> };
> ```
I suspect most use cases of `match (true)` are exactly for things like
this where you're always comparing the same value but not against
fixed values but "shapes". I think some simple and limited pattern
matching would be useful here.
```php
$this->handler = function ($var): string {
return match ($var) {
null => 'null',
true => 'true',
false => 'false',
is string => '"'.$var.'"',
default => rtrim(print_r($var, true)),
};
};
```
This would have some significant overlap with the short match proposed
here. Combined with the unclear semantics (strict comparison? loose
comparison? type error on non-bool values?) makes me unsure if we
really need the short match.
Ilija
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