RE: [PHP-DEV] Allow __toString() to throw exceptions

Hey, > I have a question: is there any reason to throw an exception from > __toString, *other* than a non-recoverable error, which would denote that > the object, which the __toString method is called on, does not have any > meaningful string representation? Because if not, core implementation fully > serves its purpose throwing Fatal error now, even if it is non-standard way. The problem with not enabling __toString to throw exceptions is that if any exceptions thrown are by the engine itself (for things like uncallable functions), then the method returns an unrelated E_ERROR regarding the inability to throw exceptions. The code example [1] shows this where the old message was: "Fatal error: Call to undefined function a() in..." and now after the inclusion of exceptions in the engine, it is: "Fatal error: Method Test::__toString() must not throw an exception in..." This is obviously not an overly helpful response, and the E_ERROR cannot be caught either. Thanks, Tom [1] http://3v4l.org/eGc1d