On Fri, 16 Apr 2004, Christian Schneider wrote: > Marcus Boerger wrote: > > [RFC] ifsetor operator > > > > Synopsis: "ifsetor" "(" value "," default ")" > > Returns the value if it exists or a given default value. > > Syntax: "ifsetor" "(" variable [ "," expression ] ")" > > Semantic: > > - The value in question must be a variable. > > I'd prefer to not have this restriction, a return value from a function > call should be fine. I'd make this any expression.
isset() works on a variable only too, so this behavior matches already existing behavior. > > > - The default value can be any expression. > > - The default value can be omitted in which case NULL will be used. > > I'd also propose to extend this to a whole list of expressions: no thanks. > Just brainstorming: An other idea would be an operator like "|||": > $a = $a1 ||| $a2 ||| $a3; that looks too perlish. Be happy with what we came up with now. Derick -- PHP Internals - PHP Runtime Development Mailing List To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php