Hi,

On Fri, Aug 21, 2015 at 4:36 PM, Anthony Ferrara <ircmax...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> MHO is this is too important of a distinction to simply gloss over.
> Having it return false (or null) will be a problem, as nobody will
> perform the error checks. And returning $x where `$x == 0` in a
> security context could be incredibly bad. As such, I think the
> security implications here outweigh nearly all of the other concerns
> about consistency and convention.

^ That! Please don't sweep this under the carpet.

Yes, the RFC and release processes are vital, and consistency is
desirable, but neither should be an excuse for what could be a
horrible mistake here.

Cheers,
Andrey.

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