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Request #39609 increment/decrement inconsistency
Submitted: 2006-11-23 16:31 UTC Modified: 2008-01-01 14:34 UTC
From: arpad@php.net Assigned:
Status: Wont fix Package: Feature/Change Request
PHP Version: 5.2.0 OS:
Private report: No CVE-ID: None
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 [2006-11-23 16:31 UTC] arpad@php.net
Description:
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Using the increment or decrement operators immediately following respectively a plus or minus with a non-variable expression produces a parse error.

Reproduce code:
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($a+++$b) // works
(1+$a++)  // works
(1-++$a)  // works
($a+++1)  // works
(1+++$a)  // parse error

($a---$b) // works
(1-$a--)  // works
(1+--$a)  // works
($a---1)  // works
(1---$a)  // parse error


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 [2006-11-23 16:50 UTC] tony2001@php.net
Reclassified as feature request.
 [2007-12-31 23:06 UTC] michael at chunkycow dot com dot au
G'day

Just use brackets, eg. 1-(--$a).
I could not imagine why you would want to complicate the parser in order to do such confusing constructs, the non-bracketed version certain does not pass the 1am test.

1am test: read your code at 1 am after a full day of working, if it makes sense then it passes :)
 [2008-01-01 14:34 UTC] derick@php.net
I don't know why you'd want to write unreadable code like this...
 
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