At 16:11 19/12/2001, Lars Torben Wilson wrote: >Zeev Suraski writes: > > At 15:15 19/12/2001, Lars Torben Wilson wrote: > > >Zeev Suraski writes: > > > > exit_with_status(), silent_exit(), quiet_exit(), etc. etc. Something > > > > should fit :) > > > > > >Yeah, you could do that. But then, why don't we have a > > >'c_compatible_dirname()' now, instead of a proper dirname() patch > > >which has been proven to break BC? Because the new version is Correct--at > > >least according to programming tradition. (Sorry, Manuel.) A function > > >named exit(), which accepts an argument, is just _expected_ to set the > > >exit status (assuming the coder has coded in other languages before). > > > > > >A better solution IMHO would be to make exit() do the right thing and > > >create a new function named something like 'exit_print()' which > > >behaves the way the current exit() does. > > > > > >Besides, as Vlad pointed out it's a _hell_ of a lot easier to do > > >the print-out thing in userland than it is to set the exit status. :) > > > > It's not about whether or not it's easy or not - we're not at the stage of > > designing the language behavior from scratch now... > > > > There's a fundamental difference between dirname(), which is supposed to > > answer the question of 'what directory does this file sit in?' - and > > there's only one correct answer. The old dirname() had a bug, period. > > What a function named exit() does is entirely up to us. Of course, it's > > expected to terminate execution by its very name, but it may do other > > things too, such as set the OS error code, print out an error message, etc. > >Perhaps I have not explained my position. I don't care whether it >outputs the exit status as a string--as long as it sets the error code >appropriately *as well*.
AFAIR, this is the way it works now... Zeev -- PHP Development Mailing List <http://www.php.net/> To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To contact the list administrators, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
