Re: [PHP-DEV] ifsetor(), goto, 5.x, my two cents

2005-06-08 Thread Benj Carson
On June 8, 2005 04:20 pm, Noah Botimer wrote: > > Since PHP already supports arbitrary/optional parameters natively, I > think a single coalesce() function would be a very reasonable > extension that would behave in an understandable and desirable manner > (with a name that matches at least some co

[PHP-DEV] ifsetor(), goto, 5.x, my two cents

2005-06-08 Thread Noah Botimer
Hello all, Now that my PHP-DEV imap folder has cooled off a bit, I'd like to chime in briefly on ifsetor() and goto. As far as ifsetor() goes, I like the concept. I would, however, suggest a specific behavior and a name change. I do a lot of database code and use things like ISNULL() an