Re: [VOTE] Void Return Type RFC

Hi, > > That's what I am having issue with. I don't see the case where such > guarantee is useful. If you're not using the return value, why do you > care if it's always null or sometimes null and sometimes baloney > sandwich? If you need always null, you have it: null. You don't need to > use return value of a function for it. > > -- > Stas Malyshev > smalyshev@gmail.com It's useful because you can guarantee that nobody will rely on some unspecified behavior that was abusively or mistakenly added by a given implementation: $status = $poorLogger->critical('should always return null, but this poor implementation returns true or false'); doSomethingWithLoggerStatus($status); If we both can't agree that this level of correctness can be useful, then I rest my case. It's not that important to agree on this anyway. Have a nice Friday :) Marcio.