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,
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Rowan Collins
[IMSoP]
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