Re: Re[2]: [PHP-DEV] PHP 5.1

There is one case though, which can still not be implemented (probably?) by users, and that's a coalesce function, since that would require fetching values by using func_get_args(), which doesn't return references. So the only way I could imagine implementing such coalesce() function would be like this: function coalesce(&$a=null, &$b=null, &$c=null, &$d=null, &$e=null) { if (isset($a)) return $a; if (isset($b)) return $b; if (isset($c)) return $c; if (isset($d)) return $d; return $e; } Which I think is pretty hideous. But I can absolutely live with a lack of coalesce() since that function wouldn't be as extensively used as ifsetor(). As far as I'm concerned on ifsetor() though: -18927. But then again, who am I to make such a statement? :) Ron "Zeev Suraski" <zeev@zend.com> wrote in message news:5.1.0.14.2.20050614171838.051169a0@localhost... .... > I fully agree with everyone else that wondered why we're discussing > this. People can implement this on their own, the way they want it, with > an assignment or without it, using empty() or isset(), etc. > > Zeev