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Date: Fri, 24 Aug 2012 23:11:59 +0200
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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] Combined assignment operator for short ternary
From: tyra3l@gmail.com (Ferenc Kovacs)

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On Fri, Aug 17, 2012 at 11:41 PM, Sebastian Krebs <krebs.seb@gmail.com>wrot=
e:

> Hi,
>
> Don't know, how complicated this is (and also someone (not me) must
> implement it, because I can't :X), but to be in sync with the operators t=
he
> short ternary operator should be usable in conjunction with the assignmen=
t
> like the other binary operators. Don't know, if anybody understands me :D
> So here is an example
>
> // instead of
> $foo =3D $foo ?: 'default';
> // Just
> $foo ?:=3D 'default';
>

would this trigger a notice if $foo is not defined?
if yes, then it would be different from the current behavior of the ternary
operator.
if no, then I would never use this.
I mean if I have to set the variable before the check, then I would put the
check into the assignment.

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Ferenc Kov=C3=A1cs
@Tyr43l - http://tyrael.hu

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