Re: RE: PHP 4.0 Bug #7888 Updated: decrement syntax should be -- instead of -

From: Date: Mon, 20 Nov 2000 12:16:09 +0000
Subject: Re: RE: PHP 4.0 Bug #7888 Updated: decrement syntax should be -- instead of -
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Jeroen Goulooze wrote: > > In the pdf file. Almost everywhere, all the examples where It says post and > predecrement. I think TeX is doing something wrong here. If I use a German TeX and generate the PDF file it makes on every ocurrence of '"a' a 'ä'. In the English version every ocurrence of '-', '--', and '---' will be shown as one '-'. Two '-' should look a little bit wider as one '-'. -Egon > -----Original Message----- > From: Bug Database [mailto:php-dev@lists.php.net] > Sent: maandag 20 november 2000 12:27 > To: jgoulooze@thinktoo.nl > Subject: PHP 4.0 Bug #7888 Updated: decrement syntax should be -- > instead of - > > ID: 7888 > Updated by: derick > Reported By: jgoulooze@thinktoo.nl > Status: Feedback > Bug Type: Documentation problem > Assigned To: > Comments: > > Where exactly in the manual do you find this? I couldn't find it. > > Previous Comments: > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > [2000-11-20 06:23:48] derick@php.net > It's a typo in the manual. Fixing it now. > > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > [2000-11-20 06:17:13] jgoulooze@thinktoo.nl > The documentation says > $a= 5; > -$a; > echo $a; > > theresult: 4 > > $a= 5; > $a-; > echo $a > > theresult: 4 > > In reality however both report an error > > Instead it should be: > $a--; > --$a; > > Which makes more sense to me since it is also ++$a and $a++. > > Is this just the winversion, has it to do with phptriad or is this a mistake > in the documentation? Since I probably end up serving the pages on Linux and > building it on Wintel it could be quite a problem. > > Jeroen Goulooze > > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Full Bug description available at: http://bugs.php.net/?id=7888 > > -- > PHP Development Mailing List <http://www.php.net/> > To unsubscribe, e-mail: php-dev-unsubscribe@lists.php.net > For additional commands, e-mail: php-dev-help@lists.php.net > To contact the list administrators, e-mail: php-list-admin@lists.php.net -- SIX Offene Systeme GmbH · Stuttgart - Berlin - New York Sielminger Straße 63 · D-70771 Leinfelden-Echterdingen Fon +49 711 9909164 · Fax +49 711 9909199 http://www.six.de

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