# [DISCUSSION] Make empty() a Variadic

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- Started by francois@php.net on 2015-02-13T13:29:07+00:00
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## #82611 — francois@php.net — 2015-02-13T13:29:07+00:00

URL: https://externals.io/message/82611#82611

> De : Michael Wallner [mailto:mike.php.net@gmail.com] De la part de Michael
Wallner
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> > […]
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> Okay, while I think it has a tiny WTF attached, because isset() has ALL
> semantics and empty() would have ANY semantics, it's probably useful
> only in that way.

Agreed. Adds an ambiguity but would be useless otherwise.

May I suggest to extend your proposal to `is_null()` with the same logic ?

François