Re: [PHP4BETA] Here-docs change

At 03:26 10/04/99 +0200, Stig Sæther Bakken wrote: >Andi Gutmans wrote: >> >> Hi, >> >> I changed here-docs to start with <<<. We can't really support << >> because >> of the ambiguity with the shift left operator and constants. >> You can now follow the <<< with whitespace. So the following now works: >> >> print <<< FOO >> Bar >> Barbara >> FOO; > >I hate to spoil this one, but <<< and >>> are actually shift operators >in some languages as well (but really rotate, not shift I think). You're not spoiling anything. I don't think PHP has to be based on every single language out there. I don't see any problem with using this operator even if it's used for something else in some other joe-shmoe language :) Andi --- Andi Gutmans <andi@zend.com> ICQ: 1568297 PGP: finger andi@vipe.technion.ac.il -- PHP 4 Beta