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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] Deprecation of the Error Control Operator (@ symbol)
From: rowan.collins@gmail.com (Rowan Collins)

Ryan Pallas wrote on 08/01/2016 18:29:
> I agree with Dan on this one. Trying to use an invalid type as a key 
> should produce something. Your argument that its garbage and you don't 
> care may be valid for a specific use case, but it may also be a bug in 
> another case

But that has nothing to do with using exceptions rather than some other 
mechanism. I am completely in favour of making warnings better 
categorised, and easier to handle, but exceptions are not the way to do 
that. It's a case of seeing nails because you're holding a hammer - 
exceptions exist, so people want to use them everywhere.

Regards,
-- 
Rowan Collins
[IMSoP]