Re: [PHP4BETA] A strict equality operator

Stig Bakken wrote: > > On Mon, 26 Jul 1999, Zeev Suraski wrote: > > > At 00:07 26/07/99 , Ariel wrote: > > >It's not any harder to remember then === or harder to understand, but a > > >lot better from a debugging point of view since you're much less likely to > > >confuse it with == (=$ might be better). I'm not hooked on the symbol, I > > >just don't like === there are already a lot of people who think == and = > > >were a mistake for c, and that they should have done = and := instead, so > > >why make it worse (ok so == works well with && vs & and || vs |, but it > > >still causes a lot of mistakes for programmers). How about x= it stands > > >for exactly equal. > > > > Perhaps something along the lines of =?=, ? being some good character to > > fit in there. > > =~= > > =x= (seems to suggest an X over the equality, which appears > > not-equal) > > =:= > > I like "=x=" best, it's faster to type. :-) > > - Stig > > -- > PHP 4 Beta how about (taking x= as a good start) x==. Usually in C op= is an assingment,preceded by and operation. If == is equality test, x== would be intuitive to know it's e(x)act match. [ wow, almost 50 e.mails on this topic, why don't you guys just vote for each proposal ? :) ] -- CIMPOESU Teodor, Web Programmer @ DIGICOM S.A. Bucharest, Romania @ Internet, site development @ teo@digiro.net,+(401)-330.47.28 official home page ~ http://www.digiro.net/ Internet web page ~ http://internet.digiro.net/