Re: [PHP4BETA] A strict equality operator

> > 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 ? :) ] But how do you handle existing code that does: if ( $xx==$something ) I think that any part of the new operator should not have part of it being a character that is valid as a variable name, whether it is in the middle or not. I am also afraid that =|= and =!= may be hard to differentiate with some fonts or those of less than optimal eye site. So far I prefer =:= and =!=. Mike