#40712 [NEW]: return after "or"

[s dot j dot t dot mocking at students dot uu dot nl]

From: s dot j dot t dot mocking at students dot uu dot nl
Operating system: Linux (Debian Testing)
PHP version: 5.2.1
PHP Bug Type: *Programming Data Structures
Bug description: return after "or"

Description:
------------
"<statement> or die" works as expected, but "<statement> or return"
results in syntax errors.

Haven't found anything in the documentation which describes this behavior.
If it's not a bug, it's very counterintuitive.

Reproduce code:
---------------
This works:

function foo()
{
0 or die("bla");
}

This produces a syntax error:

function bar()
{
0 or return ("bla");
}

Expected result:
----------------
I would expect bar() to return bla

Actual result:
--------------
Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_RETURN

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ID: 40712
Updated by: [email]iliaa@php.net[/email]
Reported By: s dot j dot t dot mocking at students dot uu dot nl
-Status: Open
+Status: Bogus
Bug Type: *Programming Data Structures
Operating System: Linux (Debian Testing)
PHP Version: 5.2.1
New Comment:

Thank you for taking the time to write to us, but this is not
a bug. Please double-check the documentation available at
[url]http://www.php.net/manual/[/url] and the instructions on how to report
a bug at [url]http://bugs.php.net/how-to-report.php[/url]

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[2007-03-03 18:54:25] s dot j dot t dot mocking at students dot uu dot
nl

Description:
------------
"<statement> or die" works as expected, but "<statement> or return"
results in syntax errors.

Haven't found anything in the documentation which describes this
behavior. If it's not a bug, it's very counterintuitive.

Reproduce code:
---------------
This works:

function foo()
{
0 or die("bla");
}

This produces a syntax error:

function bar()
{
0 or return ("bla");
}

Expected result:
----------------
I would expect bar() to return bla

Actual result:
--------------
Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_RETURN


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