Re: [VOTE] Combined Comparison (Spaceship) Operator

Hey Nikita, > On 2 Feb 2015, at 13:49, Nikita Popov <nikita.ppv@gmail.com> wrote: > > I've voted -1 because I think this should be a function and not an operator. compare($a, > $b) is more obvious than $a <=> $b and it's not like writing comparison functions is such > a super common use case that it needs the extra brevity of an operator. A function can furthermore > be used as a callback, while an operator requires a wrapping closure. There’s no actual use for the bare comparison operation as a callback, though: usort($foo, ‘compare’); would just be a slow version of sort($foo); I agree that having it be available as a function might be useful in some cases, but this is also true of most operators. I think it would be better to add some means of obtaining a closure for PHP’s operators, however. Thanks. -- Andrea Faulds http://ajf.me/