Re: Recap - Core functions throwing exceptions in PHP7

On Fri, Aug 21, 2015 at 9:38 AM, Scott Arciszewski <scott@paragonie.com> wrote: > On Wed, Aug 19, 2015 at 11:36 AM, Trevor Suarez <rican7@gmail.com> wrote: >> Ah, I didn't realize this thread existed. I had just commented on the old >> one, but the point still stands: >> >> PHP 7.0 RC1 was just tagged. >> Shouldn't this be a relatively high priority to fix/decide so we don't end >> up with behavior that can't be fixed until PHP 8.0? >> >> On Mon, Aug 10, 2015 at 6:54 PM Niklas Keller <me@kelunik.com> wrote: >>> >>> > >>> > Okay, great, we have people on both sides on this discussion. I hope >>> > nobody minds if I sit this part out. >>> > >>> > What specifics need to be discussed? Should somebody set up a poll? (I >>> > don't know how to do that.) >>> >>> >>> You can find information on how to setup a poll in step 6 here: >>> https://wiki.php.net/rfc/howto >>> >>> Regards, Niklas > > I agree that this should be a relatively high priority. I'm not sure > what the next steps would be. (Aside: I still have a PR I need to > write that I've been holding off on until the fate of PHP 7's CSPRNG > feature is determined.) > > Can we reach some sort of consensus on throw new Exception vs throw new Error? I think the best would be a RFC, not only for the decision itself but also to have a clear view about what will be changed or affected. Cheers, -- Pierre @pierrejoye | http://www.libgd.org