Re: feature request

Perhaps isset should be branched to form a separate function to handle multi args, we could offer things in the new function such as an optional argument that passes back an array of results. -Jason ----- Original Message ----- From: "Phil Driscoll" <phil@dialsolutions.co.uk> To: "Chris Newbill" <cnewbill@onewest.net>; "Zeev Suraski" <zeev@zend.com>; "Andi Gutmans" <andi@zend.com> Cc: "PHP DEV" <php-dev@lists.php.net> Sent: Monday, March 19, 2001 1:58 PM Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] feature request > My earlier post to the list doesn't seem to have arrived yet, so here it is > again. You'll note from the posting that I'm not keen on the patch staying > in. There are considerable efforts being made by several of us on the QA > team trying to make the language more orthogonal, and this kind of ad hoc > addition really doesn't help. > > ************ > >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. > > I was really voting no for the original feature - just returning true or > false - unless it can be shown (and implemented) that iswhatever(multiple > args) will work sensibly across the board, and that implementing > iswhatever(multiple args) does not waste the function namespace for a new > feature - e.g. loads of php functions take optional extra arguments to > modify their behaviour, but once iswhatever gained the multi argument > functionality described, it would be impossible to extend the functionality > in this way. > > Cheers, and apologies for such a long sentence > ************ > -- > 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 >