Req #46239 [Opn->Sus]: wish: compound logical operators (nand, xor, etc)

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Subject: Req #46239 [Opn->Sus]: wish: compound logical operators (nand, xor, etc)
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 ID:                 46239
 Updated by:         cmb@php.net
 Reported by:        php at richardneill dot org
 Summary:            wish: compound logical operators (nand, xor, etc)
-Status:             Open
+Status:             Suspended
 Type:               Feature/Change Request
-Package:            Feature/Change Request
+Package:            *General Issues
 PHP Version:        6CVS-2008-10-06 (CVS)
 Block user comment: N
 Private report:     N

 New Comment:

Adding a bunch of functions to the core or ext/standard which can obviously be
implemented in userland should require the RFC process. Anybody is free to
propose a respective RFC (see <https://wiki.php.net/rfc/howto> on how to). In
the meantime I'm suspending this ticket.

Note that a particular controversial point in this case would be whether the
operations should short-circuit or not (the latter being unusual for logical
operators; the former being unusual for functions).


Previous Comments:
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[2008-10-06 06:20:30] php at richardneill dot org

Description:
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This is a request for a new set of functions, namely the more complex logical operations, NAND, NOR,
XOR, XNOR etc. I suggest implementing them as functions, rather than as operators, because they can
take a variable number of arguments. These would also be distinct from the bitwise operators. 

Of course these are pretty trivial to implement oneself as and when needed, but it would make a
small increment of improvement to PHP ;-)

The other advantage is in code-readability. I think that example1 is more readable than example2:

$example1 = nand ($condition_1, $condition_2, $condition_3, $condition_4)

$example2 = (! ($condition_1 and $condition_2 and $condition3 and $condition_4)


Thanks for your time and consideration - Richard


Reproduce code:
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A possible implementation:

function nand($a,$b,$c,....){
  #cast everything to boolean
  return !($a and $b and $c ...);
}

function nor($a,$b,$c,...){
  #cast to boolean
  return !($a or $b or $c or ...);
}

function new_and($a,$b,$c,...){
   #note: this makes the syntax much clearer and shorter if
   #there are very many inputs.
   return ($a and $b and $c...);
}

#similarly, new_or()

function xor($a,$b,$c,...){
    $count=0;
    if ($a){ $count++ ;}
    if ($b){ $count++ ;}
    if ($c){ $count++ ;}
    ...
    return ($count == 1);
}

function xnor($a,$b,$c,...){
    $count=0;
    if ($a){ $count++ ;}
    if ($b){ $count++ ;}
    if ($c){ $count++ ;}
    ...
    return ($count != 1);
}

function majority($a,$b,$c,...){
    $count=0;
    if ($a){ $count++ ;}
    if ($b){ $count++ ;}
    if ($c){ $count++ ;}
    ..
    return ($count > $number_of_args/2);
}

#and any others I've missed out.




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