From: Mark Wilden <mark@...>
Date: 2008-05-28T00:07:07+09:00
Subject: Re: Directionality of comparasion operators


On May 27, 2008, at 7:57 AM, Rick DeNatale wrote:

> ['threequal' is] cute, but I think it gives the wrong impression  
> that === is
> another form of ==, it's really not, since it's prime motivation is
> use with the case statement, I think it's better to think of it has
> having a meaning more like a general sense of  'matches'.

Since case statements are traditionally about comparing values (in  
Cxx), I can buy that === is an extension of that. In any case, what's  
a better name? "The case matching operator" doesn't exactly trip off  
the tongue. :)

But your point is taken.

///ark