Proposal: Null-conditional forwarding operator

[alrz]

Given the forward pipe operator proposed in #5445, it has been suggested by @HaloFour to extend it with a variant that function like the null-propagation operator, as an alternative to #5961,

var result = Foo.Bar?.Baz ?> F() ?? false;
var result = Foo.Bar?.Baz != null ? F(Foo.Bar.Baz) : false;

The value forwarded to the target function F is of a non-nullable type (#5032).

Just like ?. operator, you don't need to use ?> if the target function doesn't return a nullable value, so for chaining you should use the regular |> operator to not perform an additional null-checking, e.g.

var result = nullable?.Foo.Bar;
var result = nullable ?> F() |> G();

In this example F takes a non-nullable and returns a non-nullable but the result will be a nullable if you don't use the ?? operator at the end.

[DavidArno]

Yes.

Not really much else to say :)

[gafter]

This issue is a proposal to modify a proposal described in an issue?

I don't think it belongs as a separate issue. Can you please record this suggestion in the context of the proposal that it applies to?