Re: Re: More operators
| From: | Christoph M. Becker | Date: | Thu, 22 Dec 2016 23:05:33 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: Re: More operators | ||
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On 22.12.2016 we 21:13, Sam Hobbs wrote:
> [Note that my email client switched the order of things (strange) but
> apparently Alain was replying to Christoph who replied to me.]
>
> Alain Williams <mailto:addw@phcomp.co.uk>
> Tuesday, December 20, 2016 5:41 AM
>
>> It doesn't really matter if it is/is-not an operator; people will
>> expect to find
>> it documented in the list of operators --- the explanation might well
>> start by
>> saying that it is not an operator.
>
> Christoph M. Becker <mailto:cmbecker69@gmx.de>
> Tuesday, December 20, 2016 5:31 AM
>
>> I'm not sure whether => should be regarded an operator. It appears to
>> be rather a syntactic token for array-element-initializer[1] and
>> foreach-key[2].
>
> I think that would help for those of us familiar with other languages at
> least. Imagine looking at a program using "=>". We should first read a
> book about PHP but it would help if the documentation would reduce the
> need for a book as much as possible. If "=>" were listed among operators
> then it would help many of us to find the relevant documentation.
ACK. What about a section language/operators/pseudo-operators for =>
and such (the comma "operator" comes to mind)?
--
Christoph M. Becker