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

2013/3/7 Stas Malyshev <smalyshev@sugarcrm.com> > Hi! > > > RFC updated. > > > > Any other comments about this RFC? > > Could you provide a use case for this - which practical value this has? > > It also still contains factually incorrect claim that unset() is a > function and that there's some "inconsistency" in the fact that it does > not return value. > > Also, it is not clear what false returned from unset() actually means - > did it fail to unset the value (i.e., it is still set) Shouldn't this fail a little bit more obvious (-> "loud")? And how is this even possible? > or there was > nothing to unset (i.e., it is still not set)? > So I guess this is the only useful behaviour. However, I have no idea, what this information should tell me. If I call unset() then I want to ensure, that the variable is not set anymore, but for what reason I should need to know, whether it was set before, or not? Regards, Sebastian > -- > Stanislav Malyshev, Software Architect > SugarCRM: http://www.sugarcrm.com/ > (408)454-6900 ext. 227 > > -- > PHP Internals - PHP Runtime Development Mailing List > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > -- github.com/KingCrunch