Re: Re: exceptions, errors, and documentation

Tomas V.V.Cox wrote: >Daniel Convissor wrote: >> On Tue, Jun 08, 2004 at 05:26:25PM +0200, Michael Wallner wrote: >> >>>* @return mixed Returns true on success or PEAR_Error on failure. >> >> >> The data type should be the one expected under normal circumstances. So, >> in this case "bool." Errors should be a rare occurance. >> > >IMHO is better to set "mixed", so it's clear that you have to check for >errors on "datatype" instead of "datavalue". IIRC, PHPDocumentor supports @return bool|PEAR_Error which is even clearer. Bertrand Mansion Mamasam