Re: C++-like function-try-block proposal
| From: | Alexei Gerasimov | Date: | Sat, 02 Dec 2017 20:44:50 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: C++-like function-try-block proposal | ||
| Groups: | php.internals | ||
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> I'd like to see an RFC that demonstrates a stronger use case than "avoiding
> one level of indentation and <just cause we can>", however.
Sure, as soon as I am able to register and write on wiki.php.net.
> Let's not forget PHP 5 has been around for over a decade before PHP 7 even
> showed up. There are still a lot of old code basis that've been running in
> PHP 5 for years. And for large code basis with deep rooted legacy, it is no
> short order to make the leap. Change for the sake of change won't help that.
I lost it here. I'm proposing a backward-compatible change, so why speak of
legacy and existing codebases?