Re: Re: Fwd: Re: #25494 [Com]: array_merge allowing "false" as argument (silent when non-array is passed)

On Tue, 7 Oct 2003, Jon Parise wrote: > On Tue, Oct 07, 2003 at 08:36:11PM -0400, Ilia Alshanetsky wrote: > > > On October 7, 2003 08:19 pm, Jon Parise wrote: > > > By your definition, the code was "proper" (i.e. did not generate > > > warnings) until the underlying rules were changed, and I'm sure we all > > > agree that that's a silly definition of "proper code". > > > > Well, you are claiming that a code that relies on an illogical and > > undocumented 'feature' is proper? > > No, I'm not. I'm saying it used to run without producing any errors, You mean just like our bison parser? > Which just goes to show that the authors of the PEAR library (who are > not ignorant of the PHP language and its constraints) were under the > assumption that the code was correct at the time that is was written. Then they were wrong... Derick -- "Interpreting what the GPL actually means is a job best left to those that read the future by examining animal entrails." ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Derick Rethans http://derickrethans.nl/ International PHP Magazine http://php-mag.net/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------