Edit report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=13756&edit=1
ID: 13756
Comment by: tom at r dot je
Reported by: sander@php.net
Summary: exponential ** operator
Status: Closed
Type: Feature/Change Request
Package: Feature/Change Request
Operating System: n/a
PHP Version: 4.0.6
Block user comment: N
Private report: N
New Comment:
Indeed! Seems very despotic just to say "No. Deal with it" with no further
discussion or explanation why.
Previous Comments:
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[2012-07-08 23:31:23] hello at wesalvaro dot com
le why not?
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[2002-04-27 16:17:03] jimw@php.net
not going to happen. just suck it up and use pow().
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[2001-10-19 18:51:47] jeroen@php.net
I proposed that earlier (along with ^^) [ZendEnginge ML, june 27th & july 3rd].
Anyway, I think it should be added, there is simply no power operator now, and pow() is both a bit
bugly and overloaded (both ^^ and ** at the same time).
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[2001-10-19 11:24:28] hholzgra@php.net
** is Pascal, not C
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[2001-10-19 10:36:03] sander@php.net
It would be nice to have an exponential operator. ** would be a logical choice, just like in C.
Example:
echo 2**3; // prints 8
I know we have pow(), but an operator for this would be nice...
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