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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] RFC: blank() Function as a Complement to empty()
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From: rob@bottled.codes ("Rob Landers")

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On Sat, Apr 5, 2025, at 21:10, Bilge wrote:
> On 05/04/2025 19:41, Rob Landers wrote:
>> empty() has very many uses.
> That is exactly the same as saying `=3D=3D` has many uses. It does. So=
 many uses that it's useless. Its semantics are nonsense.
>>=20
>> if (isset($var) && $varl !=3D false) {
>>   foo($bool);
>> }
>>=20
> >$varl !=3D false
>=20
> You should never be doing this.
>=20
>=20
> Cheers,
> Bilge
>=20

Heh, to quote a great movie: That's just like, your opinion, man. In all=
 seriousness, there are quite a number of uses for =3D=3D, especially be=
cause we don't have operators on objects, nor do we have value objects. =
Sometimes, equality isn't based on identity, but on value:

https://3v4l.org/rRMNR

=E2=80=94 Rob
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<!DOCTYPE html><html><head><title></title><style type=3D"text/css">=0Ap.=
MsoNormal,p.MsoNoSpacing{margin:0}</style></head><body><div>On Sat, Apr =
5, 2025, at 21:10, Bilge wrote:<br></div><blockquote type=3D"cite" id=3D=
"qt" style=3D""><div class=3D"qt-moz-cite-prefix">On 05/04/2025 19:41, R=
ob Landers wrote:<br></div><blockquote type=3D"cite" cite=3D"mid:f327f29=
9-c826-4269-94f6-6cf28fcbc582@app.fastmail.com"><div>empty() has very ma=
ny uses.<br></div></blockquote><div>That is exactly the same as saying `=
=3D=3D` has many uses. It does. So=0A    many uses that it's useless. It=
s semantics are nonsense.<br></div><blockquote type=3D"cite" cite=3D"mid=
:f327f299-c826-4269-94f6-6cf28fcbc582@app.fastmail.com"><div><br></div><=
div>if (isset($var) &amp;&amp; $varl !=3D false) {<br></div><div>&nbsp; =
foo($bool);<br></div><div>}<br></div><div><br></div></blockquote><p>&gt;=
$varl !=3D false<br></p><p>You should never be doing this.<br></p><p></p=
><div>Cheers,<br></div><div> Bilge<br></div><p></p></blockquote><div><br=
></div><div>Heh, to quote a great movie:&nbsp;That's just like, your opi=
nion, man. In all seriousness, there are quite a number of uses for =3D=3D=
, especially because we don't have operators on objects, nor do we have =
value objects. Sometimes, equality isn't based on identity, but on value=
:<br></div><div><br></div><div><a href=3D"https://3v4l.org/rRMNR">https:=
//3v4l.org/rRMNR</a><br></div><div><br></div><div id=3D"sig121229152">=E2=
=80=94 Rob<br></div></body></html>
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