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Request #60698 Explicitly discouraging parethenses for arguments in some language constructs
Submitted: 2012-01-10 10:51 UTC Modified: 2013-10-06 07:33 UTC
Votes:1
Avg. Score:5.0 ± 0.0
Reproduced:1 of 1 (100.0%)
Same Version:1 (100.0%)
Same OS:1 (100.0%)
From: phpmpan at mpan dot pl Assigned:
Status: Not a bug Package: Documentation problem
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Private report: No CVE-ID: None
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 [2012-01-10 10:51 UTC] phpmpan at mpan dot pl 
Description:
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Bug#60694 (and not only it) shows that users too often misinterpret parenthenses around arguments for the following language constructs:
 - echo
 - print
 - include
 - include_once
 - require
 - require_once
Documentation for those things should include warning about the issue (not necessarily the red warning box, a simple sentence should be enough).

Currently there is a notice that multiple arguments for `echo` should not be enclosed in parenthenses and. Also docs for `include` family warn about a case when the return value is used in an expression. However I believe this is insufficient and should be replaced with an explicit warning.

Bug#52722 is related.

Expected result:
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Users should not misinterpret code

Actual result:
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Users misinterpret code, because of parenthenses around arguments

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 [2013-10-06 07:32 UTC] krakjoe@php.net
-Status: Open +Status: Not a bug
 [2013-10-06 07:32 UTC] krakjoe@php.net 
Using language constructs expressively is only supported by some language constructs,
 [2013-10-06 07:33 UTC] krakjoe@php.net 
sorry about the break in message ...

Those that do support it document sufficiently the use of parenthesis when using the construct expressively.

This is sufficient.
 
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