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Hi

Is there any reason for we don't support expressions like:

test() or throw new Exception('test() failed');

If no, is there any argument against supporting such a syntax in trunk?

Technically, it should be quite easy to have that available, but it
might become tricky to handle cases like: foo(throw exception()); or
even "throw throw throw new Foo;" ? :)

Also, I consider "or die" patterns to be a bad idea, extending it for
exceptions might make it a tad bit better, but I still find that bad
because of i.e. non trivial precedence rules:

include("foo") or throw new Exception("ads");

it will neither include "foo" nor throw any exception.

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regards,

Kalle Sommer Nielsen
kalle@php.net

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