I am not familiar with the implementation details but from my perspective this would be a nice improvement. I have had a difficult time debugging PHP fatal errors over the years and I think this kind of change would help improve that.
On Mon, Oct 6, 2014 at 4:53 PM, Nikita Popov <nikita....@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi internals! > > During the PHP 5.6 development cycle I have proposed an RFC [1] that > suggested the use of exceptions instead of fatal errors in the engine. At > the time the proposal was declined, because the change was judged too > intrusive for a minor version. > > As such I'm re-proposing this RFC for inclusion in PHP 7: > > https://wiki.php.net/rfc/engine_exceptions_for_php7 > > The RFC text is essentially the same as previously, with the primary > difference being that parse errors are now converted to exceptions as well. > This was previously not possible due to limitations in the compiler design. > > Thanks, > Nikita > > [1]: https://wiki.php.net/rfc/engine_exceptions > -- Connect with me on *http://twitter.com/jwage* <http://twitter.com/jwage>