Posted by David Haynes on 12/28/05 17:44

Oli Filth wrote:
> David Haynes said the following on 28/12/2005 14:42:
>> Oli Filth wrote:
>>
>>> black francis said the following on 28/12/2005 14:37:
>>>
>>>> try:
>>>>
>>>> $do = ($test == 1) ? true : false;
>>>
>>>
>>> Well, that can be shortened to:
>>>
>>> $do = ($test == 1);
>>>
>>>
>> Which can be shortened to:
>>
>> $do = $test;
>>
>> unless $test = 0, $do will evaluate as false.
>>
>
> Technically, it's not the same. In the first two examples, $do will
> *always* be a boolean. But in your new version, $do could be anything,
> dependent on what type $test is.
>
>
I disagree. My version simply relies on the casting rules for int to
boolean. The example where ($test == 1) implicitly says that $test is of
type integer not boolean since we know it would be $do = ($test == true)
if $test was boolean.

Ah! The joys of loosely typed languages...

-david-

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