>> I recognize that there is one downside, which is that lazy evaluation
>> is lost, but generally don't see it to be an issue in these specific
>> cases.
>>
> Lazy evaluation doesn't have to be lost if the all_of and any_of functions
> are written correctly. all_of will return false as soon as one of them fails,
> and any_of will return true as soon as one of them passes.
>
> Unless you are talking about cases like this:
> if(is_numeric(reallyFastFunc($foo)) || is_numeric(reallySlowFunc($bar)))
> In that case, you might be able to short circuit the evaluation of
> reallySlowFunc($bar), which wouldn't be the case with
> if(any_of('is_numeric',reallyFastFunc($foo),reallySlowFunc($bar))){}
Yes, this is what I was referring to. As previously stated, I don't
think it's likely to be an issue. If it is, then as you stated the
normal boolean logic can be used in such places.
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In other words, nothing needs to be done in PHP itself. Just write or
use someone else's `all_of`, `any_of`, `none_of`, etc, functions.
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