On Fri, Oct 16, 2009 at 10:07 AM, Bob McConnell <rvm@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > From: Ashley Sheridan >> On Fri, 2009-10-16 at 18:01 +0200, Dotan Cohen wrote: >>> > Wow! Here goes: >>> > >>> > Open-bracket, dollar item hypen greater-than, get service id, no > all one word but with a capital S and I. Open and close brackets, > question mark, dollar item again, then a hyphen and greater-than, that > get service id and brackets bit again, exactly the same as last time; > yes, capital S and I again. Colon, no the colon is the one with two > dots, not dot and comma. Dollar item again, then hypen, greater-than, > get id, with a capital I. Nope, no service bit this time. Now, open > bracket and two closing brackets (I assumed the final two on your > example were typos?!). now a semi-colon, yes the one with the comma. >>> > >>> > That's pretty much how I could foresee me telling someone this on > the phone, but to be honest, I'd really prefer an email ;) >>> > >>> >>> So it really involves mentioning each character. I was hoping that >>> there would be a shared language for constructs such as -> and the >>> like. > > >> Not that I know of, and trying to explain any sort of code over the >> phone is just going to lead to a disaster down the line! > > The only time I would even consider doing that would be when I am using > a TTD connection to communicate with a hearing impaired individual. > > Bob McConnell > Basically, use a modem. -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php