[jira] [Created] (GROOVY-8998) [GEP]Concatenative Method Calls

["Daniel Sun (JIRA)" <ji...@apache.org>]

Daniel Sun created GROOVY-8998:
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             Summary: [GEP]Concatenative Method Calls
                 Key: GROOVY-8998
                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/GROOVY-8998
             Project: Groovy
          Issue Type: New Feature
            Reporter: Daniel Sun
            Assignee: Daniel Sun


 *DRAFT*
{code:java}
// nested method calls
c(
   b(
       3, 
       a()
   ), 
   2
)
{code}
{code:java}
// method call chain
a().with {
   b(3, it)
}. with {
   c(it, 2)
}
{code}
{code:java}
// the following code is equal to the above code
// _ represents the former method call result,
// and |> is like a big arrow representing the direction of data flow
a()  |>  b(3, _)  |>  c(_, 2)  
{code}
discussion in the dev mailing list:
 [http://groovy.329449.n5.nabble.com/GEP-Concatenative-Method-Calls-tt5747708.html]



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