Re: [RFC] Combined Comparison (Spaceship) Operator

I wouldn't mind T_SPACESHIP, but T_THREEWAY_COMPARISON is probably more technically precise and better than T_COMBINED_COMPARISON. Cheers, Ben ========== Original ========== From: Jordi Boggiano <j.boggiano@seld.be> To: Andrea Faulds <ajf@ajf.me> Date: Mon, 19 Jan 2015 12:20:32 +0100 Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] [RFC] Combined Comparison (Spaceship) Operator On 19/01/2015 10:40, Andrea Faulds wrote: > Hi Jordi, > >> On 19 Jan 2015, at 10:37, Jordi Boggiano <j.boggiano@seld.be> wrote: >> >> On 19/01/2015 08:28, Andrea Faulds wrote: >>> Good morning, >>> >>> This is a reboot of Davey Shafik’s RFC (with permission). After recent discussions >>> about sort functions, I was inspired to bring this back up, as I think it would be a useful feature. >>> >>> The RFC is here: >>> https://wiki.php.net/rfc/combined-comparison-operator >> >> I am all for it, but just so we don't end up with yet another T_PAAMAYIM_NEKUDOTAYIM >> can we please not call this T_SPACESHIP? It sounds fun now but future generations will hate us. >> >> Rather use T_COMBINED_COMPARISON or such? > > It’d be possible. On the other hand, this isn’t just an in-joke: the “spaceship > operator” is a common name for it in other languages, and if you google it you will actually find > information about the operator. > > Plus, it’s fun. Fair enough, it's not as bad, but I thought it should be raised. Cheers