On: How PHP's foreach works

[danso]

Is this actually Stackoverflow or an impostor phishing site? I don't see the "Question has been closed as not constructive" notice even though this question meets all the requirements for it.

[tikhonj → danso]

Really? It's a purely technical question with one correct answer--exactly the sort of questions that StackOverflow wants. It is not a question that would breed discussion, have a list of answers or have no correct answer, which is what gets closed.

[danso → tikhonj]

Sorry, I was being facetious. You're completely right. It's just that's the automatic assumption I make when I see a SO question that's deemed interesting enough to get upvoted on HN

[dionidium → tikhonj]

I wish that were true. Useful stuff is closed all the time. Which is good, because we are totally running out of bits on the internet!

[menacingly → danso]

The worst is when the top google result is a closed Stackoverflow question complaining that it's a dupe, or belongs on another site, with no pointers to the actual helpful info.

[taejo → menacingly]

AFAIK, it's explicit policy not to close questions as dupes without linking to the original question

[benparsons → menacingly]

Can you provide an example of this?

[jsmeaton → danso]

You know what, I read the question and answer and said to myself "at least no one on HN can complain about THIS one being closed". Disappointed but not surprised.

[yen223 → danso]

It's really predictable when the "Question has been closed as not constructive" label will appear - if the question doesn't contain code, it probably will be closed as not constructive.