Re: Recap - Core functions throwing exceptions in PHP7

Hi, On Fri, Aug 21, 2015 at 4:36 PM, Anthony Ferrara <ircmaxell@gmail.com> wrote: > > MHO is this is too important of a distinction to simply gloss over. > Having it return false (or null) will be a problem, as nobody will > perform the error checks. And returning $x where $x == 0 in a > security context could be incredibly bad. As such, I think the > security implications here outweigh nearly all of the other concerns > about consistency and convention. ^ That! Please don't sweep this under the carpet. Yes, the RFC and release processes are vital, and consistency is desirable, but neither should be an excuse for what could be a horrible mistake here. Cheers, Andrey.