Re: [RFC] unset(): return bool if the variable has existed

On Wed, Mar 6, 2013 at 4:40 PM, Ferenc Kovacs <tyra3l@gmail.com> wrote: > On Wed, Mar 6, 2013 at 10:38 PM, Ferenc Kovacs <tyra3l@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > > > > On Wed, Mar 6, 2013 at 10:10 PM, Bob Weinand <bobwei9@hotmail.com> > wrote: > > > >> Hi! > >> > >> As this seem to require a RFC, here is it: > >> > >> https://wiki.php.net/rfc/unset_bool > >> > >> Please feedback, > >> > >> Bob Weinand > >> > >> -- > >> PHP Internals - PHP Runtime Development Mailing List > >> To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > >> > >> > > unset is not a function, but a language construct, and there is at least > > one similar construct which doesn't return anything (eg. not returning > > NULL, but syntax error when used in a return context): echo > > > > > referring to "This removes also an inconsistency: the function's return > value is void, states the docs. It is until now the only function which has > no return value." especially. > Agreed. The RFC needs to be updated as to not mislead readers. > > -- > Ferenc Kovács > @Tyr43l - http://tyrael.hu >