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Date: Tue, 1 May 2012 21:51:55 +0200
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To: Etienne Kneuss <colder@php.net>
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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] [RFC] Allow non-variable arguments to empty() and isset()
From: tyra3l@gmail.com (Ferenc Kovacs)

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>
>
> So isset(UNDEFINEDCONSTANT) will be isset("UNDEFINEDCONSTANT") which
> will/should
> 1) yield a notice, which is unnexpected for isset
> 2) return true, which is also unexpected.
>
> I don't see much point in that.
>
>
yep, and if we allow expressions then it is the expected behavior, but you
are right that this is will change the current standard that isset/empty
can't raise a notice.
but this isn't specific to isset, empty will also follow the same pattern.

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