Re: Implicit isset/isempty check on short-ternary operator

From: Date: Thu, 07 Apr 2011 22:03:48 +0000
Subject: Re: Implicit isset/isempty check on short-ternary operator
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On 4/7/11 5:59 PM, Matthew Weier O'Phinney wrote:
It may change the semantics as they stand, but I'd argue that the _expectation_ from the shorthand ternary is to shorten code that currently uses isset(). As it is, I have almost no use for it at this point, as I end up needing to do: 
     $value = isset($a[$key]) ? $a[$key] : 'Not set';
which is exactly the situation I had before it was introduced.
Not sure why you would have that expectation. The long ternary doesn't do that, and there is nothing about the short ternary that changes that. There was talk of a new ifsetor type of operator to have those semantics but never any talk of changing existing semantics. -Rasmus

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