Posted by Justin Koivisto on 09/27/05 19:20

Geoff Berrow wrote:

> I noticed that Message-ID: <2MGdnTpp5aFtpKTeRVn-iA@onvoy.com> from
> Justin Koivisto contained the following:
>
>
>>>I couldn't find out either so I decided to name it myself. I call it an
>>>'andits' foreach ($key andits $value){... Geddit?
>>
>>Now that's funny!
>>
>>I've been calling the "indirect assignment operator" in the class notes
>>that I've been preparing, but wanted to see if there was an official name...
>>
>>I think for now I will stick with what I have in the notes. I think that
>>naming an assignment operator in a way that could possibly be confused
>>with a logical operator would just be too confusing for newbies. ;)
>
>
> Well I wouldn't stress the 'and' part but I see what you mean. However
> I teach a beginners class and my students don't get confused (well they
> get pretty confused with logical operators, but that's another story.
>
> Double arrow? Nah, that does nothing. I think the best names at least
> imply some meaning. I think I'll stick with 'andits'. :-)

Don't get me wrong, I like it, but IME catchy names like this don't
stick. Programmers seem to always fall back on the boring, simple ones. ;)

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