On 1/23/07, Paul Seamons <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> While I'm in general agreement with everything you've said it makes me a
> tad nervous to hinge so much on the difference of one character. Can
you
> imagine trying to track down the bug where
>
> if ($alpha === $beta) { ... }
>
> really should have been
>
> if ($alpha == $beta) { ... }
>
> Anyway, it's not like this problem wasn't already there, it's just that
> your email made it stand out to me.
I'm not adding support to either side of the issue. I just wanted to
point
out that with Perl 5 and other current languages I occasionally have to
search for that bug right now. Except it is spelled a little different
with
if ($alpha = $beta) { ... }
When I really meant:
if ($alpha == $beta) { ... }
It is rare though. I think the == vs === will be rare also.
Perhaps.
To me, finding the = vs. == bug is a bit easier due to the large conceptual
difference between the operators. (or maybe I'm just used to looking for it
after 20+ years of coding in languages that have = and ==) But for == vs.
===, they are both comparators and that tends to muddy the waters a bit when
it comes to your brain helping you find the bug. (at least it does for me)
-Scott
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Jonathan Scott Duff
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