[RFC] Combined Comparison (Spaceship) Operator

I wouldn't mind T_SPACESHIP, but T_THREEWAY_COMPARISON is probably more technically precise and better than T_COMBINED_COMPARISON.

Cheers,

Ben

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From: Jordi Boggiano j.boggiano@seld.be
To: Andrea Faulds ajf@ajf.me
Date: Mon, 19 Jan 2015 12:20:32 +0100
Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] [RFC] Combined Comparison (Spaceship) Operator

Hi Jordi,

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