$status || 0;

I'll agree that snippet "canonizes false" but it still isn't what the original did. The original canonized numerical equality with 0. The above snippet will return "foo" because "foo" is true. The original would have returned 0 because "foo" == 0 is true.

OK, OK, OK. I'll just be getting on with my life now. :-)

-sauoq
"My two cents aren't worth a dime.";