Re: When is "z" != "z" ?

On Tue, 2006-06-06 at 09:46, Martin Alterisio wrote: > 2006/6/6, Robert Cummings <robert@interjinn.com>: > > > In C++ they do leave it to the coder, and well, we all know what a mess > > it can be deciphering overloaded operators in C++ (or maybe we ALL > > don't). At any rate, the PHP overlords made a choice, and IMHO the best > > choice. For such a fringe issue I don't see what the argument is all > > about. If you want the functionality you get in C by incrementing a > > char, then use the chr() function on an integer. > > > > > You're right about ++ operator not to be considered a math operator, my > mistake. What I should have said is that the usual connotation and expected > behaviour of ++ and the comparison operators is to give iteration > capabilities to a certain data type, as used in a for statement. For that to > happen certain constrains must be true for these operators, one of them > being: any < ++any, which is not true for the way these operators behave in > php. You must have missed this post: http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=php-general&m=114945456908350&w=2 Cheers, Rob. -- .------------------------------------------------------------. | InterJinn Application Framework - http://www.interjinn.com | :------------------------------------------------------------: | An application and templating framework for PHP. Boasting | | a powerful, scalable system for accessing system services | | such as forms, properties, sessions, and caches. InterJinn | | also provides an extremely flexible architecture for | | creating re-usable components quickly and easily. | `------------------------------------------------------------'