Re: [RFC] Combined Comparison (Spaceship) Operator

Hi Alain, > On 19 Jan 2015, at 12:53, Alain Williams <addw@phcomp.co.uk> wrote: > > On Mon, Jan 19, 2015 at 12:30:14PM +0000, Andrea Faulds wrote: >> >> >>> On 19 Jan 2015, at 11:06, Alain Williams <addw@phcomp.co.uk> wrote: >>> >>> I like it. >>> >>> The RFC does not say what the precedence is to be. Could I suggest that it be >>> the same as ''== != === !== <>'' - which keeps it consistent >>> with Perl. >> >> It has the same precedence as the other comparison operators, it’s non-associative. > > Sorry to be a persistent pain, but PHP has 2 sets of comparison operators with > different precedence: > > ''< <= > >='' > > ''== != === !== <>'' > > I think that the RFC should clearly state that spaceship joins the 2nd set of > operators in the precedence table. The introduction kind of hints that it would > join the first lot -- but that would be inconsistent with Perl. > > http://uk1.php.net/manual/en/language.operators.precedence.php Ah, I get you. I’m making it the same precedence as Perl (same as == and !=), then. I’ve updated the RFC and will update the patch. Thanks. -- Andrea Faulds http://ajf.me/