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I like what the pipe operator provides, but I don't like the string-based syntax that's proposed. It feels weird to me that we're calling functions, but providing them as strings. Yes, we do this with call_user_func but that's called as a parameter. The proposed syntax is very different to that.
As many have already said, this is a common feature in other languages. As it stands, PHP has a half-baked version of short closures since introducing arrow functions. This is the natural next step.
For me, the most important argument is that the pipeline pattern is a tried and tested pattern, that this RFC builds upon. A couple of examples:
This RFC adds syntax to make using these kinds of pattern much more convenient.
On top of that, there's the argument that multiple modern languages support a pipe operator:
- Hack
- Haskall
- Ruby
- Elixir
- And more
Finally, I've had numerous occasions where a pipe operator would simplify my own code — I have more than a handful real life cases where this would be useful.
