RE: [PHP-DEV] feature request

That is the only thing that I see of any real use as well. I was just humoring Andi and his idea that we would soon be requesting that feature of knowing which one failed the test. -Chris > -----Original Message----- > From: Zeev Suraski [mailto:zeev@zend.com] > Sent: Monday, 19 March, 2001 7-04 aM > To: Phil Driscoll > Cc: Chris Newbill; Andi Gutmans; PHP DEV > Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] feature request > > > Phil is right. The only thing that may be both useful and > practical would > be isset() on multiple variables, returning either true or false. > > Zeev > > At 11:31 19/3/2001, Phil Driscoll wrote: > > >$a = 1; > > >$b = 2; > > >$d = 4; > > > > > >$play_nice = isSet($a, $b, $c, $d); > > > > > >if (!$play_nice) { > > > print "The variable missing is in position "; > > > print ($play_nice*-1); > > >} > > > > > >And it would print 3, in which case we would know $c is not > set. I'm not > > >that sure about this approach, seems like a hack, > > > >It is a hack - what if $a AND $c were unset. You really need to return an > >arbitrary length bitfield, with one bit for each arg. Then the > sensible name > >for the function would be isunset! > >That said, I think the whole idea is bad. I appreciate the > reduced number of > >keypresses involved, but I don't think that this is a feature > you can apply > >orthogonally to the rest of the language without serious > repercussions, and > >therefore it would not posses the desirable attribute that you > would be able > >to guess that isset worked this way. > > > >Hence my vote: > > > > (X) don't make sweeping changes to language functionality without fully > >considering the repercussions. > > > >Cheers > >-- > >Phil Driscoll > >Dial Solutions > >+44 (0)113 294 5112 > >http://www.dialsolutions.com > >http://www.dtonline.org > > > > > >-- > >PHP Development Mailing List <http://www.php.net/> > >To unsubscribe, e-mail: php-dev-unsubscribe@lists.php.net > >For additional commands, e-mail: php-dev-help@lists.php.net > >To contact the list administrators, e-mail: php-list-admin@lists.php.net > > -- > Zeev Suraski <zeev@zend.com> > CTO & co-founder, Zend Technologies Ltd. >http://www.zend.com/ > > > -- > PHP Development Mailing List <http://www.php.net/> > To unsubscribe, e-mail: php-dev-unsubscribe@lists.php.net > For additional commands, e-mail: php-dev-help@lists.php.net > To contact the list administrators, e-mail: php-list-admin@lists.php.net >