#39609 [Com]: increment/decrement inconsistency

ID: 39609 Comment by: michael at chunkycow dot com dot au Reported By: arpad@php.net Status: Open Bug Type: Feature/Change Request PHP Version: 5.2.0 New Comment: G'day Just use brackets, eg. 1-(--$a). I could not imagine why you would want to complicate the parser in order to do such confusing constructs, the non-bracketed version certain does not pass the 1am test. 1am test: read your code at 1 am after a full day of working, if it makes sense then it passes :) Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2006-11-23 16:50:26] tony2001@php.net Reclassified as feature request. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2006-11-23 16:31:22] arpad@php.net Description: ------------ Using the increment or decrement operators immediately following respectively a plus or minus with a non-variable expression produces a parse error. Reproduce code: --------------- ($a+++$b) // works (1+$a++) // works (1-++$a) // works ($a+++1) // works (1+++$a) // parse error ($a---$b) // works (1-$a--) // works (1+--$a) // works ($a---1) // works (1---$a) // parse error ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=39609&edit=1