[PEPr] Comment on PHP::Assert

Carsten Lucke (http://pear.php.net/user/luckec) has commented on the proposal for PHP::Assert. Comment: Jesper, in some way you're right. Assertions aren't a big thing but IMO code like: PHP_Assertion::check($statementThatHasToBeTrue); is much easier to read than: if ((!$statementThatHasToBeTrue) && ($doAssert)) { throw new SomeException(); } Another thing is that assertions are mostly use in cases where you want to make sure that something that normally could never happen really doesn't. In my code example you make this clear by using PHP_Assertion::foo(), but in your case that is not that obvious. And no one is forced to use assertions just becvause there is a package in PEAR for that purpose. :-) Proposal information: http://pear.php.net/pepr/pepr-proposal-show.php?id=285 -- Sent by PEPr, the automatic proposal system at http://pear.php.net