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Date: Wed, 26 Jun 2013 13:59:54 +0200
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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] RFC Proposal: New assign value operator
From: peter.e.lind@gmail.com (Peter Lind)

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On 26 June 2013 13:54, Robert Stoll <rstoll@tutteli.ch> wrote:

> As far as I see it, it is kind of an operator overload mechanism for the
> assign operator.
> This can be useful for small utility classes such as Money, Email etc.
>
> An example was given:
> $price = new MoneyValue();
> $price := 29.99;
>
> Instead of writing something like:
> $price = new MoneyValue();
> $price->setPrice(29.99);
>
> The benefit is small, but can lead to better readable code.
>

Better readable code? It looks like you're reassigning $price, not
assigning to a property of $price. If anything it is less readable and will
lead to countless WTF moments.

Just my immediate thoughts on seeing the examples.

Regards
Peter

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