rfc:match_expression

Differences

This shows you the differences between two versions of the page.

Link to this comparison view

Both sides previous revisionPrevious revision
Next revision		Previous revision
rfc:match_expression [2020/04/24 20:18] – Remove proposed PHP version in middle ilijatovilorfc:match_expression [2020/05/09 15:59] (current) – Move to declined ilijatovilo
Line 2: Line 2:
   * Date: 2020-04-12   * Date: 2020-04-12
   * Author: Ilija Tovilo, tovilo.ilija@gmail.com   * Author: Ilija Tovilo, tovilo.ilija@gmail.com
-  * Status: Under Discussion+  * Status: Declined
   * Target Version: PHP 8.0   * Target Version: PHP 8.0
   * Implementation: https://github.com/php/php-src/pull/5371   * Implementation: https://github.com/php/php-src/pull/5371
Line 212: Line 212:
 </code> </code>
  
-For the time being the following code will result in a compilation error:+For the time being using blocks in match expressions that use the return value in any way results in a compilation error:
  
 <code php> <code php>
Line 218: Line 218:
     0 => {},     0 => {},
 }; };
 +//> Match that is not used as a statement can't contain blocks
  
-//> Match that not used as a statement can't contain blocks+foo(match ($x) { 
 +    0 => {}, 
 +}); 
 +//> Match that is not used as a statement can't contain blocks 
 + 
 +1 + match ($x) { 
 +    0 => {}, 
 +}; 
 +//> Match that is not used as a statement can't contain blocks 
 + 
 +//etc. 
 + 
 +// Only allowed form 
 +match ($x) { 
 +    0 => {}, 
 +}
 </code> </code>
  
Line 245: Line 261:
 </code> </code>
  
-This introduces an ambiguity with the ''+'' and ''-'' prefix operators.+This introduces an ambiguity with the ''+'' and ''-'' unary operators.
  
 <code php> <code php>
Line 261: Line 277:
 </code> </code>
  
-When ''match'' appears as the first element of a statement would always be parsed as option 1 because there are no legitimate use cases for binary operations at a statement level. All other cases work as expected.+A ''match'' that appears as the first element of a statement would always be parsed as option 1 because there are no legitimate use cases for binary operations at a statement level. All other cases work as expected.
  
 <code php> <code php>
Line 307: Line 323:
 </code> </code>
  
-The keyword ''match'' could be a bit misleading here. Because I have no strong opinion on this it will be moved to a secondary vote.+The keyword ''match'' could be a bit misleading here. A potential gotcha is passing truthy values to the match which will not work as intended. But of course this issue remains regardless of dropping ''(true)'' or not. 
 + 
 +<code php> 
 +match { 
 +    preg_match(...) => {}, // preg_match returns 1 which is NOT identical (===) to true 
 +} 
 +</code> 
 + 
 +Because I have no strong opinion on this it will be moved to a secondary vote.
  
 ===== Miscellaneous ===== ===== Miscellaneous =====
 ==== Arbitrary expressions ==== ==== Arbitrary expressions ====
-A match condition can be any arbitrary expression. Analogous to ''switch'' each condition will be checked from top to bottom until the first one matches. If a condition matches the remaining conditions won't be evaluated+A match condition can be any arbitrary expression. Analogous to ''switch'' each condition will be checked from top to bottom until the first one matches. If a condition matches the remaining conditions won't be evaluated.
  
 <code php> <code php>
Line 413: Line 437:
  
     // Algebraic data types if we ever get them     // Algebraic data types if we ever get them
-    let Ast\BinaryExpr($lhs, '+', $rhs) => ...,+    let Ast::BinaryExpr($lhs, '+', $rhs) => ...,
 } }
  
Line 505: Line 529:
  
 ===== Proposed Voting Choices ===== ===== Proposed Voting Choices =====
-As this is a language change, a 2/3 majority is required. The vote is a straight Yes/No vote for accepting the RFC and merging the patch.+Voting starts 2020-04-25 and ends 2020-05-09.  
 + 
 +As this is a language change, a 2/3 majority is required.
  
 <doodle title="Would you like to add match expressions to the language?" auth="ilijatovilo" voteType="single" closed="true"> <doodle title="Would you like to add match expressions to the language?" auth="ilijatovilo" voteType="single" closed="true">
Line 528: Line 554:
 ==== If you voted no, why? ==== ==== If you voted no, why? ====
  
-  1. Not interested +  - Not interested 
-  2. I don't want blocks +  - I don't want blocks 
-  3. Missing return values in blocks +  - Missing return values in blocks 
-  4. Missing pattern matching +  - Missing pattern matching 
-  5. Missing explicit fallthrough +  - Missing explicit fallthrough 
-  6. BC break is not acceptable +  - BC break is not acceptable 
-  7. Other+  - Wanted [[https://wiki.php.net/rfc/switch_expression|switch expressions]] instead 
 +  - Other
  
 <doodle title="If you voted no, why?" auth="ilijatovilo" voteType="multi" closed="true"> <doodle title="If you voted no, why?" auth="ilijatovilo" voteType="multi" closed="true">
Line 544: Line 571:
    * 6    * 6
    * 7    * 7
 +   * 8
 </doodle> </doodle>
  
rfc/match_expression.1587759494.txt.gz · Last modified: 2020/04/24 20:18 by ilijatovilo

Page Tools