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Date: Thu, 3 Jul 2014 14:40:03 +0300
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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] not_null function
From: narf@devilix.net (Andrey Andreev)

Hi,

The example that you gave just shows how null is practically
equivalent to a non-existing variable.

On Thu, Jul 3, 2014 at 2:30 PM, Xen <xen@dds.nl> wrote:
> Just try to say this in English:
>
> "doesn't the cup have anything in it?" or
> "does the cup not have anything in it?"

How'd you fit null in that? Asking if it's filled with air?

To me, this whole conversation is pointless. I don't like aliases
(like is_null() for !isset() in this case) and I don't see the point
in being _that_ extreme about semantics. In PHP you have at least 5
ways to check that a variable is not null, introducing yet another one
is not beneficial for anything in _practice_.

Cheers,
Andrey.