Am 06.03.2013 um 22:47 schrieb "Ferenc Kovacs" <tyr...@gmail.com>:

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> On Wed, Mar 6, 2013 at 10:41 PM, Bob Weinand <bobw...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> Am 06.03.2013 um 22:38 schrieb "Ferenc Kovacs" <tyr...@gmail.com>:
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>> On Wed, Mar 6, 2013 at 10:10 PM, Bob Weinand <bobw...@hotmail.com> wrote:
>> Hi!
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>> As this seem to require a RFC, here is it:
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>> https://wiki.php.net/rfc/unset_bool
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>> Please feedback,
>> 
>> Bob Weinand
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>> unset is not a function, but a language construct, and there is at least one 
>> similar construct which doesn't return anything (eg. not returning NULL, but 
>> syntax error when used in a return context): echo
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> Echo doesn't behave as a function as it doesn't need parenthesis etc. (and 
> has an equivalent which can be used as alternative: print)
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> I'd consider unset as a function in form of a language construct.
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> Bob Weinand
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> I'm not sure that we should change our terminology based on whether or not a 
> language construct requires the parenthesis or not.
> there are other differences in behavior, for example $foo = 
> "print";$foo("bar"); won't work even thought that print("bar"); look likes as 
> a function call.
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> Ferenc Kovács
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Ok; I think it's better not to argue about this...

Bob Weinand

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