Re: Bug #18214 Updated: Request: Warning on assignment in IF expression.

Philip, On 9 Jul 2002 philip@php.net wrote: > What are some other potential "strict" mode watches? Some people ask > for an optional "strict" mode with various options, this could be a > good start? Imagine a strict mode directive where when on, various > options could be set at runtime, like assignment_inside_expression = > true :) You can better do this discussion on php-dev, as not a lot people read the bug list. Derick > > > Previous Comments: > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > [2002-07-08 10:19:16] m.ford@lmu.ac.uk > > Rare??? What do you mean, rare??? > > Nearly every script I write uses this construct multiple times. > Sometimes, it occurs more often than equality comparisons. Changing > this would make my life hell!! > > Cheers! > > Mike > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > [2002-07-07 18:18:31] jan@php.net > > on a side note, it is a good practice to swap the 'assignment > arguments': > if ('foo' == $bar), since 'foo' = $bar does produce a warning. > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > [2002-07-07 17:55:54] djanix@hotmail.com > > right it's legal - but it's so rare that it is usually a mistake, which > is why most c compilers will generate a warning for it. would have > saved me a good 30 minutes tonight spent searching for the cause of a > bug... :( > > -benjamin > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > [2002-07-07 17:41:10] sniper@php.net > > Not possible: if ($xx = some_function()) {} is perfectly > legal. > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > [2002-07-07 17:40:16] sniper@php.net > > Thank you for taking the time to write to us, but this is not > a bug. Please double-check the documentation available at > http://www.php.net/manual/ and the instructions on how to > report > a bug at http://bugs.php.net/how-to-report.php > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > The remainder of the comments for this report are too long. To view > the rest of the comments, please view the bug report online at > http://bugs.php.net/18214 > > -- > Edit this bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=18214&edit=1ÖN(% W¼Õ > hxB©–ö > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Derick Rethans http://www.derickrethans.nl/ JDI Media Solutions http://www.jdimedia.nl/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------