Re: [patch] re-invoking default error handler

On Sun, 2004-05-30 at 14:18, Andi Gutmans wrote: [...] > I saw it was already commited before I had a chance to respond. In any > case, I think that the patch is quite harmless but I don't like the != NULL > && !true logic. It's inconsistent with what is considered true/false in PHP > today. I suggest either: > a) return true if you want the default handler to be called. I don't have a > problem with this but people here say it's opposite from other frameworks. > Are there really so many precedents? > b) return false (== IS_BOOL && value == 0). This gives a strict but > reasonable interface and is still BC. I don't see a reason why people > should be returning other false values besides "false". In ext/sybase_ct's message handler, I check on bool(false) being returned from the user-defined callback and, in case it is, proceed with the default handler (printing out an E_WARNING). The reasoning behind this was that for me FALSE indicates "I cannot handle this". - Timm