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Subject: [RFC][VOTE] Constructor behaviour of internal classes
From: danack@basereality.com (Dan Ackroyd)

Hi List,

The 'Constructor behaviour of internal classes' RFC is now in voting.
Please note, it's the coding standard that is being voted on. If
anyone thinks I've implemented the changes in a way that is less
awesome then there is no reason the changes couldn't be improved.

Additionally, while writing the change I noticed some things that were
already present in the code, that are outside the scope of the RFC but
ought to be fixed for the release of PHP 7.

* Multiple examples of a generic Exception being thrown rather than a
specific exception being thrown.

* Code generating an error notice and throwing an exception. It should
be one or the other, not both.

* The text of exceptions in Intl not always being as informative as
the error message, which could be improved.

But as I said, the vote is on whether the standard behaviour of either
returning a working instance or throwing an exception, is the standard
behaviour we want in PHP.

cheers
Dan
Ack