Re: RFC: Catchable "call to a member function of a non-object"

On Sun, 27 Apr 2014, php@thekid.de wrote: > Hello everyone, > > as per the RFC process I'd like to start a discussion on the RFC > I've put up on the RFC Wiki: > >   Ï > §êÑ»ÂÖ¨&¾VÍ{jhttps://wiki.php.net/rfc/catchable-call-to-member-of-non-object >   RFC: Catchable "call to a member function of a non-object", 1.0 > > The essence of this pull request is that it converts this fatal error > into E_RECOVERABLE_ERRORs. Framework authors may choose to convert > these into exceptions, as they already do with argument type mismatches. > > Feedback is welcome! Besides the technical issues that Johannes already mentions, I am also against this for logic reasons. Calling methods on NULL objects is a programming mistake. You either have a bug in the code that creates the objects, and in cases where it is somethings OK to not have an object, you forgot to check whether you have an objects. Programming mistakes should not be hidden by error handlers. cheers, Derick -- http://derickrethans.nl | http://xdebug.org Like Xdebug? Consider a donation: http://xdebug.org/donate.php twitter: @derickr and @xdebug Posted with an email client that doesn't mangle email: alpine