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From: imsop.php@rwec.co.uk ("Rowan Tommins [IMSoP]")

On 31/07/2025 17:24, Christian Schneider wrote:
> If you have to handle null afterwards (e.g. avoiding writing to invalid $fh) then the "ignore" version does not really help much IMHO


In a simple case, yes, but you don't necessarily want the check directly 
under the fopen. Maybe you want to try opening multiple files, and 
succeed if at least one is unlocked; or try in a loop; or try in the 
constructor of an object, and handle it being null in a later method.

It's still mostly syntax sugar (and maybe a hint to the compiler to 
optimise), but it's saving more than the original proposal, even 
skipping newlines:

$fh=null; try { $fh = fopen($filePath, 'w'); } catch 
(FileLockedException) {}
$fh = try fopen($filePath, 'w') ignore (FileLockedException);


But, I'm not volunteering to write a formal proposal, let alone an 
implementation; I'm just exploring what kinds of short-hand might be useful.


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Rowan Tommins
[IMSoP]