RFC: Expectations

-1 to "expect is a problem". expect is not a problem.

Le 21 octobre 2013 à 10:42, Joe Watkins krakjoe@php.net a écrit :

Am 21.10.2013 03:52 schrieb "Joe Watkins" krakjoe@php.net:

So looks like we need a new name ?? Ideas ??

abstract EXPRESSION

wat?

abstract is already a keyword, so no BC.

abstract is not concrete so alludes a bit to the
might-be-or-might-not-be-checked nature of the test

abstract is the name for the "short summary" intro part of scientific
papers, and these conditions are kind of a summary of what is known
(preconditions) and concluded (postconditions).

Ah, ok well. I'd rather go for expected() or except() then...

Since we're throwing around terms, here's another one:

predicate <expr>;

It should be understood by most programmers what it means (though,
admittedly, it doesn't carry an obvious severity) and isn't used anywhere
in the language (afaik).

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Regards,
Mike

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I suggest we process thusly:

We need some consensus as to whether this is actually a problem or not
before we get lost in suggestions ...
Should we decide it's a problem then we need to decide if using the
keyword "expected" solves the problem ...
Should there still be a problem we should compile a short list and get
a consensus on it before proceeding to make necessary changes.

So first of all, can we get a quick +|-1 on:

Using "expect" is a problem
Using "expected" solves the problem

We can proceed from there I think ...

Cheers
Joe