On Sat, Jan 28, 2012 at 7:17 PM, Justin Martin <frozenf...@php.net> wrote: > Hello everyone, > > For the result of session_status(), the corresponding constants for the > sessions state are > > - PHP_SESSION_DISABLED = 0 > - PHP_SESSION_NONE = 1 > - PHP_SESSION_ACTIVE = 2 > > I'd like to suggest we change these values to > > - PHP_SESSION_DISABLED = -1 > - PHP_SESSION_NONE = 0 > - PHP_SESSION_ACTIVE = 1 > > This way, one can do if(session_status()) to check if there is an active > session, rather than having to compare the result to a constant. > > Any objections?
I believe comparing the value against a constant, is always more readable than wondering what "truthy" means. if(session_status() === PHP_SESSION_ACTIVE) is much self-documenting than the proposed change. Therefore I object to this change. - Paul > > Thanks, > Justin Martin > > -- > PHP Internals - PHP Runtime Development Mailing List > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > -- PHP Internals - PHP Runtime Development Mailing List To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php