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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] Re: Combined assignment operator for short ternary
From: krebs.seb@gmail.com (Sebastian Krebs)

Am 25.08.2012 01:53, schrieb Nikita Popov:
> On Sat, Aug 25, 2012 at 1:49 AM, Sebastian Krebs <krebs.seb@gmail.com> wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> It's like with any other compound operator: A _real_ reason isn't there. But
>> saying "It's not worth it" is something I can live with (even if I don't
>> know how much effort it would take ;)). I just asked myself: '?:' is (a kind
>> of?) binary operator and every other binary operator is available as
>> compound operator, so why not '?:', so I don't have to repeat the variable?
>
> No, every other binary operator is not available. If I interpret this
> right one could say that all short-circuiting operators are not
> available. E.g. you also can't write $foo &&= $bar; or $foo ||= $bar.
> The ?: operator also falls in this category of short-circuiting
> logical operators.
>


Yes, makes sense... And thinking further I think myself it's better to 
keep it as it is. So thanks for your time :)

Regards,
Sebastian