Re: Ternary operator enhancement for fluent code

Personally I don't want to add too many "weird" constructs to PHP. I think they reduce readability and go against one of the strengths of PHP which is an easy language for anyone with a C/Perl/Java background. These constructs are really cryptic. Andi At 03:07 PM 7/1/00 +0200, waldschrott wrote:

Hi Jade, if you liked that idea, I´ll tell you which enhancement I´d found very helpful (I collected them working on thousands lines of code, they´re practically orientated and will be very useful): (1)

PROPSED SYNTAX          !!$val

MEANING extended negation w check LONG EXPRESSION $val!==FALSE (2)

PROPSED SYNTAX          $val1 ?? $val2
MEANING                 Reduce-enhanced ternary op

LONG EXPRESSION 1. if (!($pos=$val)) $pos=$val2; 2. return $pos; (3)

PROPSED SYNTAX          $val1 ??? $val2
MEANING                 Reduce-enhanced ternary op, 0 safe

LONG EXPRESSION 1. if (($pos=$val)!==FALSE) $pos=$val2; 2. return $pos; (4)

PROPSED SYNTAX          $val1 ?&? $val2 (found no better syntax)
MEANING                 Reduce-enhanced ternary op, 0 safe

LONG EXPRESSION         1. $pos= isset($val) ? $val : $val2;

2. return $pos; Overall these improvements would mean: - smaller code - faster executing - no additional ambiguities That means: Faster and better development for the experienced and if documented thoroughly even for newbies and intermediates... That´s optimizations who wouldn´t love them? I don´t see any negative aspects and I do not think these additional operators (which would simplify PHPs usage and increase performance) will be too complicated to understand. --

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