Re: exceptions

Hans Lellelid wrote:

Hi Greg, Good message, though I didn't like the parts where you disagreed with me :)

But of course :)

One clarification, though. Generally, in apps I've developed (and in all other complex apps whose source I've studied), there are relatively few top-level catch blocks where errors are actually logged. Errors thrown within the program may be caught & re-thrown (or wrapped) in many cases, but logging happens at the top. So you don't actually need to log in every catch() block, just every top-level catch() block. This difference makes explicit logging not that big a deal in actuality.

This is true - and perfect support for my proposed solution: "no human or machine shall release a package written with new PHP5 features with a beta or stable stability label until at least 2 or 3 alpha releases have been released and extensive field testing has ensued." :) This will allow people to try out all of their solutions and toss them in favor of a better way later without major Backwards Compatibility issues (PEAR_ErrorStack is still alpha for this reason alone, it's quite stable for what it is designed to do). I may have done a lot of thinking about error handling, but I really don't feel like I've done all the thinking there is to do, so with evidence that I am wrong, I will happily recant any rash pronouncements I've made in the past. Except the one about no human or machine and stuff ;). Nice work with phing btw Greg