Re: [PEPr] -1 for RFC::Error Handling Guidelines for PHP5 packages

On Thu, 26 Aug 2004 20:27:35 -0700 papercrane@gmail.com (Justin Patrin) wrote: > > There was nearly no discussion of this for at least a week. Then > the RFC was submitted and a few comments were made and addressed. > Again, I'd like to ask *why* this discussion is happening now that > the RFC has entered voting. Everything that is being brought up > now was brought up, discussed, and dealt with before the RFC was > even made a proposal in Pepr. The wiki was around for a week or > two before that. Have any of you checked the archives to see how > this was all discussed before? 1. One or two weeks in summer times (or even not) is nothing :) 2. Your RFC in itself is good, the principle to make the exceptions usage a rule is bad You asked me about examples, only one got quickly in mind, the 1st attempt of tidy ext to use them, it was nothing else than a pain to use it, so I have to say that we do not have to force exceptions usages, it's a design decision. --Pierre