Re: Multicatch RFC proposal

On 24 December 2015 at 22:40, Bronisław Białek <after89@gmail.com> wrote: > Hello everyone! > > I've just created an RFC draft for catching multiple exception types > in one catch statement: > https://github.com/bronek89/php-multicatch-rfc > > I wrote RFC on github to check if there is any positive response from community. > > Basically it introduces possibility to write code such as: > > try { > // ... > } catch (DbException | ResourceNotFoundException $e) { > throw new HttpException("not found", 404, $e); > } catch (\Throwable $e) { > throw new HttpException("fail", 500, $e); > } > > Provided patch is my first experience with PHP source code, so it > could be not perfectly written (or simply poor ;-) ) . > > What do you think about introducing that kind of feature into PHP? > Yes, please. The alternative work-arounds are not as good. Though I also am concerned about it getting in the way of other proposals, I don't think it would be an issue. The meaning of the syntax in your example is pretty obvious. So the only way it could be a problem is if another RFC proposed a different and 'not as obvious' meaning. cheers Dan