Re: note 8540 added to Bitwise Operators

Michael Collins writes: > >As to your question, I doubt that bitwise operators are used only by > >the most advanced PHP programmers. > > So, it is an important concept to understand in order to be > proficient at php. Thank you for pointing that out to me. It is an important concept to understand in order to be proficient at programming. There is a distinction. > >I don't think that bit wrangling could really be described as an > >'obscure feature'; > > By obscure I meant "difficult to understand" I am sorry if I did not > make myself clear. I think though that a short descriptive paragraph > along with a few examples would sure be helpful. That much is done > for other basic programming concepts (such as the "if" control > structure). > > Michael I agree that expansion could be useful there. However, the manual is meant neither as an introduction nor a tutorial to programming. The point is that while yes, the manual should provide information about what the language's capabilities are, and while example and expansions are a Good Thing, it is not the place to come to learn basic programming concepts. -- +----------------------------------------------------------------+ |Torben Wilson <torben@php.net> Netmill iTech| |http://www.coastnet.com/~torben http://www.netmill.fi| |Ph: 1 250 383-9735 torben@netmill.fi| +----------------------------------------------------------------+