Re: Re: PEAR's Error Handling and PHP5

From: Date: Thu, 08 Jun 2006 17:08:02 +0000
Subject: Re: Re: PEAR's Error Handling and PHP5
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On 6/8/06, Lukas Smith <lsmith@php.net> wrote:
Martin Jansen wrote: On Wed Jun 07, 2006 at 06:2808PM -0400, Hans L wrote:
PEAR packages are OO objects; exceptions are IMO *the* accepted OO way to handle errors and they are BUILT INTO THE PHP LANGUAGE. I don't understand why PEAR, which makes all sorts of other prescriptions about sourcecode, wouldn't decide that its packages will use a unified error handling system -- especially when that system requires no external dependencies.
Amen. If you count the number of pear-devs opposed to mandating Exceptions you will probably only find Pierre, myself and maybe Helgi.
Without talking about all developers and users who will not post a single word in this list and especially not in the Nth thread about mandating exceptions. --Pierre

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