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Subject: [RFC Proposal] Null Coalesce Equal Operator
From: mtkocak@gmail.com (Midori Kocak)

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Hi all,

Remember my question about ??=3D operator?=20

Forgive my rookieness and let me introduce my first RFC here: =
https://wiki.php.net/rfc/null_coalesce_equal_operator =
<https://wiki.php.net/rfc/null_coalesce_equal_operator>=20

Let me also include here the introduction I wrote:

Combined assignment operators are around since 1970's, appearing first =
in the C language. Consider the following code $x =3D $x + 3 that has =
the ability to be shortened into $x +=3D 3. Hence PHP is a web focused =
language, ?? operator is used to check something's existence like =
$username =3D $_GET['user'] ?? 'nobody'; However due to common variable =
names are much longer than $username the use of ?? self assignment, =
creates repeated code. $this->request->data['comments']['user_id'] =3D =
$this->request->data['comments']['user_id'] ?? =E2=80=98value=E2=80=99; =
It is also intuitive to use combined assignment operator null coalesce =
checking for self assignment.

I am sure there would be some language mistakes, please also forgive me =
for them too.=20

Currently I created a working implementation here: =
https://github.com/php/php-src/pull/1795 =
<https://github.com/php/php-src/pull/1795> you can see a terminal =
working with my implementation also here: http://imgur.com/zLlVFup =
<http://imgur.com/zLlVFup>

I hope I managed to write a simple and understandable RFC. Thank you all =
for your efforts.

Best Wishes,

Midori Kocak
Computer Scientist & Engineer / ZCPE
http://www.mynameismidori.com <http://www.mynameismidori.com/>=20=

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