Re: exception policy for core

On 17.10.2007 20:09, Lukas Kahwe Smith wrote: > Hi, > > I remember that we discussed the question of exception throwing from > core in the very early days of php 5, when the suggestion of turning > all errors into exceptions first came up. I remember that we decided > that exceptions should only be thrown from core on constructor errors > by default. Along the lines of PDO, extensions could allow users to > explicitly enable an exception mode. First of all, I have to say that I see nothing wrong in using exceptions. Second, I see nothing wrong in using exceptions _in OO extensions_. And finally, I don't like the idea of having a special function in each and every extension to control it's error level. PDO was built this way from the very beginning, but making this some kind of standard would be a mistake IMO. You may not like exceptions, but that doesn't make them less useful. > This popped up again as I picked up on IRC that the imagick extension > is quite exception throwing happy. I do realize that this is a pecl > extension, so maybe core rules do not apply (core<->pecl relations > should also be addressed ASAP if you ask me). > > Anywas, am I remembering things correctly? Is this still our policy? > If not do we have (want?) a policy? While I agree that there should be some kind of recommendations/standards, IMO they should not include such a clause. -- Wbr, Antony Dovgal