yes, I meant: "increment $i, assign $a[ $i ] to $x, and then
increment once more.
ok, then, let's forget it.
At 14:07 10.1. 2001, Zeev Suraski wrote the following:
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>At 15:01 10/1/2001, Cynic wrote:
>>would have saved me one statement. I had to use
>>for( $i = 0 ; $i < count( $a ) ; $x = $a[ $i++ ] , $i++ )
>
>This is a very weird and uncommon piece of code. If it's indeed correct (which I
>doubt - do you want to increment it by two?) then a more common & understandable way
>to write it would have been
>$x = $a[$i], $i+=2.
>
>Saving an extra expression by adding the ultra-obscure ++$i++ is a definite 'no'.
>There's no logical behavior that would be both pre- and post-increment, which is
>implied by this weird notation...
>
>Zeev
>
>>I know, this is an 'issue' so tiny I can laugh at it, but
>>anyway...
>>
>>At 13:49 10.1. 2001, Zeev Suraski wrote the following:
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>>>Could you explain how this construct is useful? I can't think of any real world
>situation in which it's useful or even remotely makes sense. What would it even do?
>Remember, an expression has only one value.
>>>
>>>Zeev
>>>
>>>At 14:51 10/1/2001, Cynic wrote:
>>>>Well, this would be probably completely useless (at least I
>>>>can't think of a meaningful use of this right now), but... is
>>>>there a reason this can't be implemented in PHP? I know, time
>>>>is a very precious commodity, and I wouldn't ask (or suggest)
>>>>for an implementation of this if it would require extra work
>>>>besides making pre- and post- increment / decrement in one
>>>>statement. But if allowing ++$i++ (which I definitely consider
>>>>useful) makes ++$i-- possible without additional effort, why
>>>>disable it? It's possible to write completely useless junk
>>>>software without this feature too.
>>>>
>>>>Lack of knowledge of C prevents me from going to try and do
>>>>this myself.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>At 21:51 9.1. 2001, Hartmut Holzgraefe wrote the following:
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>>>>>Cynic wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> At 21:16 9.1. 2001, Andrei Zmievski wrote the following:
>>>>>> >What color is the sky on your planet? :)
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I don't know, haven't checked for some time now. :)
>>>>>> But seriously: I'm not familiar with C, nor the way this stuff
>>>>>> is implemented in PHP, however, whether the sky here is blue or
>>>>>> pink doesn't mean I think this wouldn't be useful.
>>>>>
>>>>>and what's next?
>>>>>
>>>>>++$i-- ???
>>>>>
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