RE: [PHP-DOC] Re: "The ternary operator"

> -----Original Message----- > From: Richard Riley [mailto:rileyrg@googlemail.com] > Sent: 10 June 2011 09:59 > > "Ford, Mike" <M.Ford@leedsmet.ac.uk> writes: > > > Having started my documentation career by doing some work on the > main > > Operators page, > > I’d like to introduce a subject that has long bugged me: the term > > “the ternary operator” to > > describe ? : > > (Is it my client or your line length setting causing this wrapping? > I > dot norally see this above). Might be me -- as work email is Outlook, that was manually wrapped! > > I came across something similar years ago when reviewing tech docs > for > our own language. As a result, I think you would be fighting > something > too institutionalised tbh. And the rewards would be minor compared > to > the hassle of the petty bickering and inconsistencies introduced > with > legacy documenttion and similar constructs in other languages. The > possibilitey are endless and since there is nothing immediately > wrong > or obvious with the current situation I would be tempted to > concentrate > on other areas and leave it. You may be right, but it's bugged me for so long I just wanted to lay it out on the table and see what happened. > (as a side note, and not meaning to net nanny ;), your signature > delimiter should be "-- " and not "--" to enable auto cropping) It is. It always has been. That must be Outlook interfering again...! :( This message is definitely leaving with the right sig delimiter as I've just checked it. Cheers! Mike -- Mike Ford, Electronic Information Developer, Libraries and Learning Innovation, Leeds Metropolitan University, C507 City Campus, Portland Way, LEEDS,  LS1 3HE,  United Kingdom E: m.ford@leedsmet.ac.uk T: +44 113 812 4730 To view the terms under which this email is distributed, please go to http://disclaimer.leedsmet.ac.uk/email.htm