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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] PHP 7.1 - Address PHPSadness #28?
From: rowan.collins@gmail.com (Rowan Collins)

Stig Bakken wrote on 18/09/2015 14:44:
> What lesson can we learn from that? Short and sweet names sometimes
> lead to problems, if they do not precisely convey the actual
> semantics.
>
> I would much rather see a function called something like
> is_variable_defined(), to avoid running into the same trap with
> exists(). No room for assumptions that lead you to not check the docs.

I agree 100%  with this. If we do add a new function, which I'm still 
not entirely convinced of the need for, we should be very explicit about 
what it does, and very careful in naming it.

Regards,
-- 
Rowan Collins
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