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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] what happened to that new isset() like language construct
From: helly@php.net (Marcus Boerger)

Hello Marc,

Thursday, July 8, 2004, 11:54:59 PM, you wrote:


> Marcus Boerger wrote:

>> 
>> ?: would require a default value. ifsetor() allows to assume NULL hence
>> the latter is more powerfull. Hence id like to see a new keyword.
>> 

> Well am not sure what you mean by more powerful, but the character count 
> is about the same:

> $a = ifsetor($b);

it would allow two versions by having the default optional:

1) $a = ifsetor($b)
2) $a = ifsetor($b, NULL)

> $a = $b ?: NULL;

How would the operator do the second? Will it look like the
following?

 $a = $b ?:;

I defitively don't want that.


> And the second one has the advantage of being more verbose.

That's why ifsetor has two versions.

regards
marcus