On Tue, Oct 06, 2009 at 08:51:17AM -0400, Bob McConnell wrote: > From: Joost [mailto:joost.t.hart@xxxxxxxxx] > > "Daevid Vincent" wrote: > >>> From: Ben Dunlap [mailto:bdunlap@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] > > > $a = $a++; > > I just think this is an ambiguous line of code that wasn't thought > through. The presence of the postfix operator makes the result > undefined, no matter what language you are using. It will be an accident > if you get the results you are expecting. The behavior of the ++ operator is the invention of Kernighan and Ritchie. I don't imagine they ever foresaw anyone doing something as silly as a = a++; except under the rarest of circumstances. Paul -- Paul M. Foster -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
