Re: How would you code: $r = func() or return 0?

Hey, actually a good question. Personally I try to return false(bool) wherever I can and check it this way if (false === ($result = foo_var())) - Markus On Wed, Sep 26, 2001 at 02:55:24PM -0400, scott [gts] wrote : > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Since there are various emails flying around this list > asking for comments on coding style, comment style, etc. > I thought i'd ask for your comments on how you'd code this > common perl code with PHP: > > $value = some_function() or return 0; > > i usually code my functions to return 0 or "" on error, but > have to use the following code to handle it... neither seem > like a good solution to me. > > this way decreses the readability of the code: > if (!$value = some_function) > return 0; > > and this way adds an unnecessary if() statement: > $value = some_function() > if (!$value) { > return 0; > } > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: PGPfreeware 7.0.3 for non-commercial use > <http://www.pgp.com> > > iQA/AwUBO7Ikm8aXTGgZdrSUEQL/pgCdGQoZLHMH3JtE0qr0t0GGR5fDSVAAn1Nr > A6IKTQ6ebnm/XZPpcOVxVOLm > =05Xf > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > > -- > PEAR Development Mailing List (http://pear.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, e-mail: pear-dev-unsubscribe@lists.php.net > For additional commands, e-mail: pear-dev-help@lists.php.net > To contact the list administrators, e-mail: php-list-admin@lists.php.net -- Markus Fischer, http://guru.josefine.at/~mfischer/ EMail: mfischer@guru.josefine.at PGP Public Key: http://guru.josefine.at/~mfischer/C2272BD0.asc PGP Fingerprint: D3B0 DD4F E12B F911 3CE1 C2B5 D674 B445 C227 2BD0 -All your scripts are belong to Zend-