Re: PHP 5.1

IA>>A recursive function, takes a mere 13087 iterations to result in a crash and IA>>this is a very basic example. IA>>$i = 0; IA>>function a() { global $i; echo ++$i."\n"; a(); } IA>>a(); IA>> IA>>A more complex function could take as little as 1k iterations. Well, if so, PHP needs to be fixed to use less stack allocations. But anyway, rarely program logic would require a recursion 1k levels deep. Anyway, this is a disgression from the discussed topic. IA>>Ok, so you propose that people start using exceptions for OO and IA>>procedural code just because they are "there"? One major problem with No, I don't propose that. I am just concerned once you put goto there it would be abused in all kinds of "creative" ways and would make a mess out of the code. IA>>an exception, is that once it is thrown you cannot go back to portions IA>>of code found within the exception block. This is why in many IA>>situations they are not practical for anything but fatal errors. With goto you can't go back either - unless you make all you program logic be a web of goto's - which is exactly the kind of abuse I am concerned about. That is not to mention that using goto _and_ exceptions (and once they are both there, people probably start using them anyway - how can you prohibit that?) would create even more messy code, unless you really restrict where can you put label and where can you jump. Imagine jumping inside catch block, for example - it may lead to all kinds of confusion. -- Stanislav Malyshev, Zend Products Engineer stas@zend.com http://www.zend.com/ +972-3-6139665 ext.115