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Date: Fri, 4 Jul 2014 10:18:34 +0300
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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] not_null function
From: narf@devilix.net (Andrey Andreev)

HI,

Not any that I'm aware of, and I personally have never used is_null().
I share your opinion that we don't really need is_null(), but with BC
in mind, I don't think it would get removed.

Cheers,
Andrey.

On Fri, Jul 4, 2014 at 1:47 AM, Kris Craig <kris.craig@gmail.com> wrote:
>>     $var !== null
>>     ! is_null($var)
>
>
> Is there any *practical* difference between these two?  I mean, aside from
> performance?  I still don't get why we need is_null() at all if the exact
> same thing can be accomplished-- but with better performance-- with ===
> NULL.
>
> --Kris
>