Re: Why not support this syntax?

Personally, I'd like to see something like

if ( $x in [$min, $max] ) { ... }  #inclusive container,
                                   # $x==$min would be true 
# OR 
if ( $x in ($min, $max) ) { ... }  #exclusive container,
                                   # $x==$min would be false
# OR
if ( $x in ($min, $max] ) { ... }  #mixed ends
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since, IMO, reads better than having consecutive '<'s or '>'s, but this also has similar parsing problems particularly in the mixed variety with balancing parans.

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Re: Re: Why not support this syntax? by MeowChow (Vicar) on Apr 24, 2001 at 07:59 UTC
That would be nice as well, though it lacks the ability to succinctly express the following condition: `if ($min < $x < $y <$max) { ... }` [download] The unbalanced braces would absolutely wreak havok on syntax highlighters, too. MeowChow s aamecha.s a..a\u$&owag.print	[reply] [d/l]