Re: [RFC] Void Return Type (v0.2, reöpening)
| From: | Derick Rethans | Date: | Mon, 19 Oct 2015 09:46:29 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: [RFC] Void Return Type (v0.2, reöpening) | ||
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On Thu, 15 Oct 2015, Rowan Collins wrote:
> Korvin Szanto wrote on 14/10/2015 23:55:
> > If I capture the result of a "void" method and check if my result variable
> > with isset(), I'll get false. This sounds like it's void of value to me.
>
> But why "invent" (as far as PHP is concerned) this new keyword of "void" to
> mean exactly the same thing "null" already means - absence of a definite
> value?
It's already "invented" for PHP anyway:
http://docs.hhvm.com/manual/en/hack.annotations.examples.php
- example
2.
cheers,
Derick