Doc #64676 [NEW]: Unclear behavior of @-operator on non-expressions

From: mausglov at yandex dot ru Operating system: any PHP version: 5.4.14 Package: Documentation problem Bug Type: Documentation Problem Bug description:Unclear behavior of @-operator on non-expressions Description: ------------ --- From manual page: http://www.php.net/language.operators.errorcontrol --- Documentation tells: "The @-operator works only on expressions". But what if the subject of @-operator is not an expression? In fact, it isn't silently skipped by PHP engine, - instead it causes parse error! Add this to the documentation page, please. -- Edit bug report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=64676&edit=1 -- Try a snapshot (PHP 5.4): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=64676&r=trysnapshot54 Try a snapshot (PHP 5.3): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=64676&r=trysnapshot53 Try a snapshot (trunk): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=64676&r=trysnapshottrunk Fixed in SVN: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=64676&r=fixed Fixed in release: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=64676&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=64676&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=64676&r=needscript Try newer version: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=64676&r=oldversion Not developer issue: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=64676&r=support Expected behavior: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=64676&r=notwrong Not enough info: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=64676&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=64676&r=submittedtwice register_globals: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=64676&r=globals PHP 4 support discontinued: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=64676&r=php4 Daylight Savings: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=64676&r=dst IIS Stability: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=64676&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=64676&r=gnused Floating point limitations: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=64676&r=float No Zend Extensions: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=64676&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=64676&r=mysqlcfg