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To: Jordi Boggiano <j.boggiano@seld.be>
Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] [RFC] Combined Comparison (Spaceship) Operator
From: ajf@ajf.me (Andrea Faulds)

Hi Jordi,

> On 19 Jan 2015, at 10:37, Jordi Boggiano <j.boggiano@seld.be> wrote:
>=20
> On 19/01/2015 08:28, Andrea Faulds wrote:
>> Good morning,
>>=20
>> This is a reboot of Davey Shafik=E2=80=99s RFC (with permission). =
After recent discussions about sort functions, I was inspired to bring =
this back up, as I think it would be a useful feature.
>>=20
>> The RFC is here: =
https://wiki.php.net/rfc/combined-comparison-operator
>=20
> I am all for it, but just so we don't end up with yet another =
T_PAAMAYIM_NEKUDOTAYIM can we please not call this T_SPACESHIP? It =
sounds fun now but future generations will hate us.
>=20
> Rather use T_COMBINED_COMPARISON or such?

It=E2=80=99d be possible. On the other hand, this isn=E2=80=99t just an =
in-joke: the =E2=80=9Cspaceship operator=E2=80=9D is a common name for =
it in other languages, and if you google it you will actually find =
information about the operator.

Plus, it=E2=80=99s fun.
--
Andrea Faulds
http://ajf.me/