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Subject: RE: [PHP-DEV] not_null function
From: php@tutteli.ch ("Robert Stoll")

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Pierre Joye [mailto:pierre.php@gmail.com]
> Sent: Saturday, July 05, 2014 10:06 AM
> To: Tjerk Meesters; PHP internals
> Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] not_null function
>=20
> On Jul 5, 2014 9:43 AM, "Tjerk Meesters" <tjerk.me esters a gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >
>=20
> > Obviously spoke to soon ... what I've written there is basically an =
ugly
> > `!isset($var)`.
> >
>=20
> Totally fail to see what is ugly with is set or the difference with
> exists(). The latter, in the context of php (even more with phpng) =
makes
> little sense.
>=20
> Besides that, I am not sure what is the goal of this thread. Adding =
aliases
> to copy cat <some language>?

[Robert Stoll]=20
I really don't see what you have against copy cat <some language> if =
this language has actually solved a problem nicely (hence PHP could =
benefit from the idea).
And in my case I did not copy cat <some language> for <some random =
feature> but suggested something which would actually solve the problem =
at hand. And don't you think that should be the point of this discussion =
and not throwing in such questions which are merely deconstructive? =
(aren't you the guy who wrote those emails about giving good feedback =
via email... I found them interesting). But anyway, we really shouldn't =
discuss this point on the internal list, feel free to write to me in =
private.