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[–] [email protected] 16 points 3 months ago (6 children)

What is that weird >>=== symbol? Looks like a cross breed between C and JavaScript here.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (3 children)

It’s a the right shift assignment operator so x >>= 4 right shifts x by 4 and assigns the result back to x. The code editor is displaying single double wide symbol (ligature) instead of the three character long operator >>=, I discovered today these are in fact well loved by some coders.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

I totally thought because of how long the equals looked, it was multiple equals characters, not just >>= lol. That's what got me confused. Don't think these are things I'd personally use but each to their own preferences right xD

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