Unicode math symbols as operators in PHP6?

Noted over on Sara Golemon’s blog today. Can we expect this sort of thing to be in future PHP code?

var_dump(¼, ½ ¾);
// float(0.25)
// float(0.5)
// float(0.75)

var_dump(1 ≤ 2, 2 ≯ 3, 5 ≠ 6);
// bool(true)
// bool(true)
// bool(true)

var_dump(3 × 4, 15 ÷ 5);
// int(12)
// int(3)

var_dump(1 « 3);
// int(8)

/* Your font may be too small,
 * but that's a skull and crossbones */
☠('aka die/exit');

Well, no, not really – she implemented it just for fun, but it’s an interesting idea, and face it – who doesn’t want to be able to use all the keys on the Space Cadet Keyboard?

Space Kadet keyboard

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