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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] Deprecation of the Error Control Operator (@ symbol)
From: rowan.collins@gmail.com (Rowan Collins)

Dan Ackroyd wrote on 08/01/2016 18:36:
> Apologies, it should be:
>
> $counts[$item] = ($counts[$item] ?? 0) + 1;
>
> Which both works, and to me, is more readable than the @ version

As with the file-manipulation functions, I think you're focussing too 
much on the specific example and not on the general principle.

If we go through every single Notice and Warning discussing its 
implications, when you might want to suppress it, when it should be 
considered fatal, etc, we'll be here forever.

If there is even one Notice or Warning which is - subjectively - (a) 
useful, and (b) non-fatal if ignored, then "turn everything into an 
exception" is not a complete solution.

Regards,
-- 
Rowan Collins
[IMSoP]