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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] operators
From: smalyshev@sugarcrm.com (Stas Malyshev)

Hi!

> Does anyone know what are the official names for the "->" and "=>"
> operators? They don't seem to be included in the PHP documentation,
> although I would have expected them to reside in the Operators section of
> the manual.

=> is not exactly operator, it's part of the array operator syntax (e.g. 
array($foo => $bar) produces array from two vars, => by itself is not 
used). -> is usually called an arrow operator.

> Also, the "\" operator used for declaring sub-namespaces is never mentioned
> as a proper operator in the PHP manual, let alone have a specific name.

\ is not an operator either, it's a namespace separator.
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