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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] 5.4 regression: non-existent sub-sub keys now have values
From: pierre.php@gmail.com (Pierre Joye)

On Fri, Nov 25, 2011 at 10:18 AM, Ford, Mike <M.Ford@leedsmet.ac.uk> wrote:

> I echo that sentiment. On fuller review, I find a very high FUD
> factor in effect here, and on actually checking my codebase I find
> only 1 place where an additional is_array() *might* be needed (in
> several tens of kLOC!).

That's exactly the situation where it is a pain to find in the 1st
place, preventing smooth migrations. That's the whole point, nothing
to do with FUD but tech discussions about a possible annoying BC.



-- 
Pierre

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