Re: [RFC][Discussion] Make compact function reports undefined passed variables

> Hi Pieter. >> What I am missing here is the reason why we should break well defined behavior > > of existing functions. > Hi Pieter. >> What I am missing here is the reason why we should break well defined behavior > > of existing functions. > This is something I'd like to discuss about compact. > I'd like to know why we > skip undefined variables instead of report them. compact is use > in a large > scale by the MVC community, by passing variables in the controller and using > them in the view. > > How is the BC break for all existing code justified? > I'd like to start report this undefined variables. Would be one more way to > prevent code-smell. IMHO this belongs to the core, not to the userland. > Thanks, > -- > Gabriel Caruso Regardless of the why it is like that the fact of the matter is that it is and imho you would need a really good reason to break existing code. I still don't don't see your reason for it. Nor do I see how it is a code smell atm.