Re: return false if error

On Tue, 18 Mar 2014, Robert Stoll wrote: > Heya, > > We were discussing the scenario where a function returns false in an error case in a thread on > the general mailing list. > I always thought the documentation would use mixed as return type in such a situation (like in > strpos) but others > disagreed. > > For instance, Mike Ford told me: > > It has always been policy in the documentation to specify only the substantive return > > type(s) of a function > > in the signature, and only mention return of "false" as an error indicator in > > the description. There are > > many, many examples of this in the manual, and I think it's unlikely the policy will > > change any time soon. > > So my question is, what is your opinion on that topic? > > I already committed two patches to change the return type to mixed, since the functions also > return false. > I could revert them (or discard the commit, I do not know if this is possible - was made > through edit.php.net). I am against changing the current policy. cheers, Derick -- http://derickrethans.nl | http://xdebug.org Like Xdebug? Consider a donation: http://xdebug.org/donate.php twitter: @derickr and @xdebug Posted with an email client that doesn't mangle email: alpine