Hey,

Why is this thread not titled "return of the bikeshed"? I've seen this one
so many times over the past few days. Wonder how many man-days have been
wasted on this :)

> It doesn't seem faster to me.

Those benchmarks are only testing some rather small arrays no?

I did some stuff a while back as well:
https://github.com/JeroenDeDauw/php/blob/master/profile/array-empty.php

> If you really want something that is readable by users who are
> unfamiliar with PHP, you can always use !count( $array ).

I am very dubious that this is actually clearer. In any case, this one IS
less efficient.

> Currently our coding conventions have major prohibitions on the use of
isset() ...

Oh, would not think so if you did a grep on core.

> ... and empty()

I used to use this for array empty checks, and though some people
complained, just as many thought it was perfectly fine.

Anyway, if you are thinking of reaching a consensus on the list here and
enforce everyone to use the form you like, good luck. Such a thing might
happen of course if we wait long enough, though I wonder if protons will
decay before that or not. Anyone want to place a bet? I'm going for proton
decay winning.

Cheers

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Jeroen De Dauw
http://www.bn2vs.com
Don't panic. Don't be evil.
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