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Posted by Henk verhoeven on 07/17/07 22:36
Jerry Stuckle wrote:
> Exceptions originally were designed to handle unexpected conditions,
> i.e. connection to a database failed. They really weren't designed to
> replace normal error processing (i.e. userid/password mismatch).
>
> Normal errors are generally handled by the calling routine, but
> unexpected conditions may be handled by the immediate caller - or
> several layers higher. Exceptions give the ability to handle the
> condition as high in the calling hierarchy as you need to, without
> having to pass return codes from each routine in the which has been called.
>
> I still use them in this way, and it works well.
>
I agree. And for errors that should just be debugged a custom error
handler can output a nice walkback (if under development) or log it with
usefull info (if in production).
Greetings,
Henk,
www.phpPeanuts.org.
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