Re: SMTP return values

On Sun Jan 05, 2003 at 09:0500PM -0500, Jon Parise wrote: > The current class interface provides methods that map directory to > their SMTP command counterparts (e.g. helo(), data(), vrfy()). At the > moment, these methods return either 'true' upon success or a PEAR_Error > object if a failure condition is encountered. > > I'm considering changing the API to instead return a 2-tuple > containing the SMTP response code and message instead of the rather > vague 'true' value. Errors would still result in a PEAR_Error object > being returned. > > This change would make the class slightly more difficult to use as the > burden of checking for a correct response code would fall to the user. > The class would become more flexible, however, in that it would expose > more of the details regarding the SMTP conversation. Do you see any chance to implement a method Net_SMTP::isError(), that can help the user to determine if the response code indicates a positive or a negative result? If such a method would be feasible, the class will not be much harder to use. -- - Martin Martin Jansen http://martinjansen.com/