Re: [PHP4BETA] A strict equality operator
| From: | Basil Hussain | Date: | Mon, 26 Jul 1999 17:39:33 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: [PHP4BETA] A strict equality operator | ||
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Yes, I agree, a function would be a better idea than spending the rest of
the year debating over which operators are easier to type vs. which are
easiest to remember... :)
----- Original Message -----
From: Jim Winstead <jimw@php.net>
To: <php4beta@lists.php.net>
Sent: 26 July 1999 18:20
Subject: Re: [PHP4BETA] A strict equality operator
> Zeev Suraski wrote:
> > I also don't think that our main concern, or even a major concern at
all,
> > should be the number of keystrokes needed to generate this sequence.
You
> > get used to anything, plus, the important thing is readability, not the
> > amount of time it takes you to type it up, which is negligible in
> > comparison. Also, remember that people lived fairly well without this
> > operator for a few years now, so it won't be the most popular operator
in
> > the world anyway.
>
> If this is the case, why make it an operator with a symbol? May as well
> make it look like a function. strictly_equal(a, b). No confusion there.
>
> Jim
>
>
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> PHP 4 Beta
>
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