Re: not_null function
| From: | Johannes Schlüter | Date: | Thu, 03 Jul 2014 11:56:38 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: not_null function | ||
| References: | 1 2 3 | Groups: | php.internals |
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On Thu, 2014-07-03 at 13:47 +0200, Xen wrote:
> > is_null is consistent with the other is_* functions. A programming
> > language is not a natural language so grammatical or semantic
> > imperfections are totally valid.
>
> That is just your unfounded opinion.
null in PHP is a type as well as the only value for a variable of that
type. The is_* functions check for a type. As such it is consistent. We
won't add your special purpose function. You can add it to your library
if you need it. There were alternatives presented now let's end this
thread so we can spend the time on things we will actually do. Thanks
for understanding.
(I strongly suggest anybody to continue off-list if they see need to
continue this, we're spaming too many mailboxes otherwise)
johannes