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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] [RFC] Implicit isset() in Shorthand Ternary Operator
From: shashankkumar.me@gmail.com (Shashank Kumar)

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Hi Andrea

Rather than giving a new meaning to an old operator why not have a
different operator for this?
.NET has a 'null coalescing' operator for the same purpose which works out
quite well in the given situation
and is non-ambiguous as well.
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms173224.aspx
=E2=80=8B

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