Re[2]: [PHP-DEV] New construct discussion Summary

On Sun, 11 Jul 2004, Jason Garber wrote: > The concept is desirable, but can be achieved if you need it just as > simply using already available syntax (ie a cast): > > $level = (integer) value($_SESSION['level'], 1); The problem with that is this: $level = (int) value($_SESSION['level'); Assume there is no level entry in the session array. This then effectively becomes: $level = (int) NULL; Guess what that gives you? Obviously not what we want here which is why we are talking about a mechanism to not cast that default value whether it be the unspecified NULL default, or whatever default is passed in. -Rasmus