Re: Re: [RFC] ifsetor operator

Hello Andi, Saturday, April 17, 2004, 12:17:49 AM, you wrote: > I don't want to spoil the party but: > a) I don't think we should add a new reserved word for this. I will try and > think of an alternative which uses the existing vocabulary. > b) I would not want to add this before releasing PHP 5.0.0. I think we > should add it afterwards. We are not talking about a trivial patch here and > I believe that we should be in a deep feature freeze especially when it > comes to the core. > c) As this is a new feature and people have done without it up to now, I > see no reason not to think of a good solution and wait with its implementation. > I've already talked to Marcus about this in the past and he agreed not to > make anymore such patches. It's not the first time where such harmless > engine changes were discovered to have more widespread effects. yes we should wait until after 5.0. I never meant this to be commited to 5.0. But having the patch at hand gives the people to play with it. And i guess enough people know how to change the keyword. Having said this i hope we reach a consensus on either a good name or a new operator. marcus -- Best regards, Marcus mailto:helly@php.net