RE: [PHP-DEV] Feature request for min() and max()

At 12:20 20/11/00 -0500, Colin Viebrock wrote:

I agree with Sterling. We should output an error because it's a wrong way to call it and you should make the person attentive to his mistake. Well ... it *could* be a mistake on the part of the end-user, although in my case it was just a feature request. As for Sterling's comment that "you should be sure of your variable types", I thought that PHP is pretty loose with typing anyway, and this wouldn't be a huge problem (heck, min() and max() take lists of scalars too, not just arrays). Anyway, I obviously can't convince you all ... so I'll change my scripts. :)

I just don't like it too much when a function has more than one semantic description on how it works (and I think min() already has more than one). I don't think it has anything to do with types :)

Please reverse this patch. I never applied it, just posted it here for discussion.

OH :)

Now ... when will someone look at bug #7503? ;)

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