On Thu, Feb 21, 2013 at 4:17 AM, David Muir <[email protected]> wrote:
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> On 21/02/2013, at 6:12 AM, Lazare Inepologlou <[email protected]> wrote:
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>> 2013/2/20 Sanford Whiteman <[email protected]>
>>
>>>> It still looks like some random characters bashed together by a monkey
>>>> with a keyboard.
>>>
>>> +1, I am a fiend for ternary expressions and crazy one-liners, but
>>> this makes me want to go back and unroll everything I've ever done
>>> into readable code. :)
>>>
>>
>> Long code is not always equivalent to readable code. A shorter syntax could
>> improve readability in *some* cases.
>>
>> Long:
>> $users->OrderBy( function( $x ){ return $x->Surname; } );
>>
>> Short:
>> $users->OrderBy( $x ==> $x->Surname );
>>
>
> I think your example proves the opposite. The fist example was much easier to read and
> understand than the second.
>
Obviously that's up to interpretation; I think the second is better
though I don't understand why ==> is there instead of something
simpler.