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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] [RFC] Exceptions in the engine
From: rowan.collins@gmail.com (Rowan Collins)

On 27/10/2013 15:51, Nikita Popov wrote:
> The question is always "how big is the break?" not "is there a 
> break?". The latter question doesn't even make sense because any 
> change to PHP - including the most trivial bugfixes - breaks 
> compatibility to *some* degree (well, unless the change is "fix 
> whitespace in foo.c") Obligatory XKCD: http://xkcd.com/1172/

A fair point, and trust Randall to be the one to capture its essence.

I guess the question then is, if the changes are so minor, are the 
benefits actually any bigger than the drawbacks? As part of a move 
towards changing error handling in general, it's a good idea, but that 
implies it is the first milestone in some larger plan, which doesn't 
seem to be the case as yet.

-- 
Rowan Collins
[IMSoP]