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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] Add spaceship assignment operator
From: pollita@php.net (Sara Golemon)

On Thu, Mar 24, 2016 at 10:56 AM, Bob Weinand <bobwei9@hotmail.com> wrote:
>>    $a =3D=3D=3D=3D $b;
>>    // same as
>>    $a =3D ($a =3D=3D=3D $b);
>>
> I see a problem with that =E2=80=A6 It=E2=80=99d be impossible to make it=
 consistent with is-equal comparison=E2=80=A6
>
> =3D=3D=3D is already is-identical comparison. So, no symbol for the is-eq=
ual assignment operator left.
>
> As long as you don=E2=80=99t have any better suggestion, I=E2=80=99m sorr=
y, but -1 on that.
>
Perhaps U+FEFF ZERO WIDTH NON-BREAKING SPACE would help disambiguate it?