Re: [PHP4BETA] A strict equality operator

From: 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 > > > -- > PHP 4 Beta > > ____________________________________________________________________________ ____ > This message has been checked for all known viruses by the Star Screening System > http://academy.star.co.uk/public/virustats.htm

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