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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] [RFC] Combined Comparison (Spaceship) Operator
From: j.boggiano@seld.be (Jordi Boggiano)

On 19/01/2015 10:40, Andrea Faulds wrote:
> Hi Jordi,
>
>> On 19 Jan 2015, at 10:37, Jordi Boggiano <j.boggiano@seld.be> wrote:
>>
>> On 19/01/2015 08:28, Andrea Faulds wrote:
>>> Good morning,
>>>
>>> This is a reboot of Davey Shafik’s 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.
>>>
>>> The RFC is here: https://wiki.php.net/rfc/combined-comparison-operator
>>
>> 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.
>>
>> Rather use T_COMBINED_COMPARISON or such?
>
> It’d be possible. On the other hand, this isn’t just an in-joke: the “spaceship operator” is a common name for it in other languages, and if you google it you will actually find information about the operator.
>
> Plus, it’s fun.

Fair enough, it's not as bad, but I thought it should be raised.

Cheers

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Jordi Boggiano
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