Re: [binarycloud-dev] Re: [PEAR-DEV] db abstraction: pass by reference versus return

> > 2) Alternatively the method can either return the data or an error > > object. ("the PEAR DB way"). > > For the records: That's my favourite way and I'm for sticking to > it. The reasons for this are described below. I'm for this as well. binarycloud basically uses this standard at the moment as well (with PEAR errors. I think it is the most intuitive. > > I think this is a major useability question so I just wanted to ensure > > that this is done the way people really want it to be. Yes, thanks for asking :) > > Somehow 1) seems like the comp sci way of doing things as it just feels > > cleaner to me. :-) The theory is a bit cleaner but I think the practice of 2 is simpler, which is its advantage. That and it's a standard in both binarycloud and PEAR. > Yeah, may be, but IMHO 2) is just more intuitive, since people are > used to work this way: Nearly all PEAR packages work this way right > now. Using 1) in MDB/DB will cause a bit of inconsistency then because > we'll have 99% of the PEAR packages using 2) and just 1% using 1). Agreed. _alex