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Date: Thu, 09 May 2024 14:27:26 +0000
To: "php internals" <internals@lists.php.net>
Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] [RFC] Transform exit() from a language construct into a standard
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From: larry@garfieldtech.com ("Larry Garfield")

On Wed, May 8, 2024, at 1:40 PM, Gina P. Banyard wrote:
> Hello Internals,
>
> I would like to formally propose my idea for exit() as a function 
> brought up to the list on 2024-02-24 [1] with the following RFC:
> https://wiki.php.net/rfc/exit-as-function
>
> There have been some slight tweaks to the implementation, namely that 
> the transformation from a "constant" to a function is done at compile 
> time and we do not hook into the behaviour of constants any longer.
>
> Let me know what you think.
>
> Best regards,
>
> Gina P. Banyard
>
> [1] https://externals.io/message/122483

I support this.  My only question (which applies to current exit() as well), is what the exit code is when you pass a string as the parameter.  That's not clear from the exit() docs currently, but the RFC made me wonder.  (This may be just a doc fix and we move on with life.)

--Larry Garfield