This doesn't quite qualify as a software gripe... maybe #softwareWish: it would be nice if #PHP would let you declare that a function isn't supposed to return anything at all (e.g. NULL as a return type).

Benefits:

  • minimizes confusion with older functions where I just haven't gotten around to giving them a return type
  • catches mistaken attempts to return a value, when you forget that the output is supposed to be conveyed via some other means.

@noiob Aha, VOID! I will try that! (Currently running 7.4.)

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