[SR-Users] $vn vs $var

[Daniel-Constantin Mierla]

Hello,

iirc, it was Alex Hermann that wanted to change $var(...) to be $null by
default and also hold $null as value.

But having it initialized (and reset) to 0 is very handy in many
situations, so I proposed to add a new variable. The need was the
ability to check if the variable was set or not, its value 0 might be
due to an assignment.

Cheers,
Daniel

On 30.01.20 18:56, Alex Balashov wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I must have missed the discussion about it somewhere, but what is the
> inspiration for the new $vn variable container?
>
> According to the documentation, the only difference is that it can hold
> $null values, whereas variables initialised in $var to $null are coerced
> into an integer value of 0.
>
> But why was this a concern? Why is it necessary? Is it not confusing to
> users?
>
> Thanks,
>
> -- Alex
>
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