Re: [PHP4BETA] A strict equality operator

On Sun, 25 Jul 1999, Stig Bakken wrote: > On Sun, 25 Jul 1999, Ariel wrote: > > > On Sun, 25 Jul 1999, Jeffrey Galbraith wrote: > > > > > I've seen to many problems with the triple equality operator in the past. > > > How about := (colon equal)? This makes it more explicit and easier to > > > interpret. For instance, looking at another developer's code, sometime you > > > have to wonder if they meant to add === as opposed to ==. The := makes it > > > easier to decipher. > > > > := means assignment is a large number of languages, plus in mathamtics, so > > it's not a good choice. > > > > I agree that === is unwildly, since == and === in many cases will work the > > same, so it would not be an easy bug to spot. It should be something very > > different. $= is my suggestion. > > If we can't use "===", my suggestion is that it is made less cryptic, for > example "eq". Cryptic ones like "!=" etc. are ok because other languages > have paved way for them, but I don't think I have ever seen "$=". > > Short version: "===" or "eq" I vote for === (surprise surprise, it was my idea:), if only to avoid using the Perlish 'eq' (and it doesn't even have the same meaning, which makes things even more obscure). Zeev -- ----------------------------------------------------- Zeev Suraski <zeev@zend.com> http://www.zend.com/ For a PGP public key, finger bourbon@netvision.net.il