# ??= operator

- Thread: https://externals.io/message/97459
- Original archive: https://news-web.php.net/php.internals/97459
- Started by mtkocak@gmail.com on 2016-12-22T19:58:00+00:00
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## #97459 — mtkocak@gmail.com — 2016-12-22T19:58:00+00:00

URL: https://externals.io/message/97459#97459

Dear internals,

Remember ??=, was accepted with 37/4 votes?

Since then I did not have time to implement the ??= because I did not have
time

Hence I am currently unemployed and continuously passing tech interviews
and failing non-technical 2. rounds, I have plenty of time, so I decided to
going back to implementations. Sometime ago I got ?:= implementation from
@saramg, for cheating but I see that it was not implemented due to edge
cases. I think I missed some discussion for a while, so I am unaware of the
cases.

Was there a decision about it? Or should I give up trying to implement this?

Thank you very much,

Midori

P.S: Sorry for English mistakes if there are.

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## #97476 — Christoph M. Becker — 2016-12-27T23:55:43+00:00

URL: https://externals.io/message/97459#97476 · In reply to: #97459

> Dear internals,
> 
> Remember ??=, was accepted with 37/4 votes?
> 
> Since then I did not have time to implement the ??= because I did not have
> time
> 
> Hence I am currently unemployed and continuously passing tech interviews
> and failing non-technical 2. rounds, I have plenty of time, so I decided to
> going back to implementations. Sometime ago I got ?:= implementation from
> @saramg, for cheating but I see that it was not implemented due to edge
> cases. I think I missed some discussion for a while, so I am unaware of the
> cases.
> 
> Was there a decision about it? Or should I give up trying to implement this?

The latest relevant info I have regarding this issue is
<https://github.com/php/php-src/pull/1795#issuecomment-231535478>.

-- 
Christoph M. Becker
