It's possible to use the tilde ~ easyly on keyboards? For on BR/ABNT2 is easy. So maybe use ~> as operator could be fine, instead of the triangle |>, and linear sounds good too, like: $string~>escape($$)~>dump($$);
It's used currently on PHP for a bitwise operation (not), so I think that the usage are not a problem in general. Too will not have a conflict, because ~> no make any sense to PHP today. 2016-07-22 2:52 GMT-03:00 Sara Golemon <poll...@php.net>: > On Thu, Jul 21, 2016 at 2:56 PM, Rowan Collins <rowan.coll...@gmail.com> > wrote: >> On 21/07/2016 22:28, Sara Golemon wrote: >>> >>> Are you picturing the return statement returning from the current >>> function? Or "returning" from the current pipe chain? >>> >>> I think you mean the former, in which case I'd ask how that'd better/worse >>> than: >>> >>> return foo() |> bar($$); >> >> I do indeed mean returning from the current function. I went into more >> detail (perhaps too much!) on the previous thread, but the basic premise is >> the pipe operator gives you code that reads left to right. Adding an element >> where you have to jump back to the beginning of the expression feels like it >> defeats that. >> > Ah! I understand your point now. Indeed, in terms of code-scan, > there's something of a whiplash effect going on. Now I understand the > motivation behind $> assignment and/or using a terminal like `return > $$` at the end. > > Adding in support for some terminals (like return) could make sense, > it's an exception to a rule, but it's a reasonable looking one (at > first glance, anyway). > > The assign to var at the end however, is something I'd rather handle > with the following: > > foo() |> bar($$) |> $baz = qux($$); > > Which is both legal with the syntax as-is, and entirely readable > without adding an extra operator. > > -Sara > > -- > PHP Internals - PHP Runtime Development Mailing List > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > -- David Rodrigues -- PHP Internals - PHP Runtime Development Mailing List To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
