Re: New construct discussion Summary (was: what happened to that new isset() like language construct)
| From: | Antony Dovgal | Date: | Tue, 13 Jul 2004 07:22:35 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: New construct discussion Summary (was: what happened to that new isset() like language construct) | ||
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On Tue, 13 Jul 2004 09:12:19 +0200 (CEST)
Derick Rethans <derick@php.net> wrote:
> On Mon, 12 Jul 2004, George Schlossnagle wrote:
>
> > what was wrong with nvl() (of oracle fame)?
>
> Nobody else but oracle people have any idea what they expect when they
> see nvl().
Agree.
Moreover, it's too obscure to understand.
I vote for default() or default_value().
(Actually I vote against such construct at all, but it seems that
nobody listens to such votes).
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Antony Dovgal aka tony2001
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