On 4 October 2016 at 11:17, Leigh <lei...@gmail.com> wrote: > You specifically mention that counting scalars is unaffected, is there > a legitimate use-case for being able to use count() on them? > > I'd say using count() on a string or an int also constitutes a hidden > bug, as it also always returns 1 regardless of the value. >
I agree, and I'm happy to include scalars in the RFC if that's desired by the majority. Calling count() on a scalar is likely to cause a warning at some point, so it's not as "hidden" as the iterator example: if (count($string) > 0) { foreach ($string as $value) {