Re: cvs: phpdoc /en/functions sockets.xml
| From: | Gabor Hojtsy | Date: | Wed, 09 Jan 2002 09:47:32 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: cvs: phpdoc /en/functions sockets.xml | ||
| References: | 1 2 3 | Groups: | php.doc |
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> > Can we please agree that a function whose primary return
> > type is LONG/STRING/ARRAY/RESOURE/OBJECT and which may return
> > FALSE/NULL _only_ in error condition has _not_ a mixed return
> > value but has listed only its primary return value.
> >
> > Its less intuitive for users "mixed? was it now int or
> > string.. or even array ?" but it rather makes sense that
> > almost all functions return NULL/FALSE when encountering
> > error conditions without setting the return type to mixed
> > explicitely.
>
> +1
+1 Added to conventions in the howto. Also added a note about
using &return.success; in TRUE/FALSE only cases.
Goba