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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] [RFC] Context Managers
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From: larry@garfieldtech.com ("Larry Garfield")

On Thu, Apr 2, 2026, at 5:13 AM, Tim D=C3=BCsterhus wrote:

>> continue means "stop this iteration of a control structure and go to=20
>> the next one."  But in this case, there is no next one.  switch makes=20
>> it an alias for break, for whatever reason lost to history, but given=20
>> that it now throws a warning that seems to now be considered a mistak=
e,=20
>> so we don't see a reason to propagate that mistake.
>
> I think Rowan explained that well in his reply.
>
>> If you have an alternate suggestion for how to achieve this=20
>> functionality, now is the time to propose it.
>
> As implied by my email, I believe that throwing exceptions should be t=
he=20
> job of the `throw` keyword, not the job of the `return` keyword.=20
> Otherwise users are going to wonder what makes `return new=20
> SomeException();` different from `throw new SomeException()` in that=20
> case.
>
> Best regards
> Tim D=C3=BCsterhus

We've updated the RFC to address the break question (new section), the c=
ontinue question (which is now a secondary vote), and expanded the reaso=
ning for the `return $e` decision, including reference to the original P=
ython PEP which explains the need for a distinction.

--Larry Garfield