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Date: Wed, 26 Jun 2013 17:35:44 +0400
Cc: Robert Stoll <rstoll@tutteli.ch>,
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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] RFC Proposal: New assign value operator
From: indeyets@gmail.com (Alexey Zakhlestin)


On 26.06.2013, at 17:29, Sebastian Krebs <krebs.seb@gmail.com> wrote:

> 2013/6/26 Robert Stoll <rstoll@tutteli.ch>
>=20
>> 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.
>>=20
>> An example was given:
>> $price =3D new MoneyValue();
>> $price :=3D 29.99;
>>=20
>> Instead of writing something like:
>> $price =3D new MoneyValue();
>> $price->setPrice(29.99);
>>=20
>> The benefit is small, but can lead to better readable code. But since =
it
>> is only for the assign operator and not for + - etc., for me the =
question
>> remains open why not writing something like this directly:
>>=20
>> $price =3D new MoneyValue(29.99);
>>=20
>=20
> You forgot the currency ;) (without it a "money"-type is useless). But =
this
> leads to
>=20
> $price :=3D 29.99;
> $price :=3D 'USD';
>=20
> I find it confusing.

Not to mention, that one should NEVER use float for money
=
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3730019/why-not-use-double-or-float-to-=
represent-currency

--=20
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