Re: 5.4 regression: non-existent sub-sub keys now have values
| From: | Daniel Convissor | Date: | Fri, 25 Nov 2011 02:37:03 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: 5.4 regression: non-existent sub-sub keys now have values | ||
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Hi Stas:
> I have no idea why Drupal would use side effects
> of string offset bugs to distinguish between arrays and strings
They're not trying to distinguish between strings and arrays. People
using this syntax are trying to see if a particular array element is
populated. In the past, it happened to also weed out strings. Now it
won't.
Thanks,
--Dan
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