On Sun, Nov 26, 2017 at 11:06 PM, <encla...@safe-mail.net> wrote: > I am proposing a patch (see attachment) > php.net mailing lists don't like attachments (virus paranoia and similar). If you have a patch, the best thing to do is submit it as a PR on github. Then, we can all link to parts and add comments and it's generally a better place to discuss implementation.
> to bring C++-like function-try-block > shorthand syntax > (http://en.cppreference.com/w/cpp/language/function-try-block) > for whole-function try-catch-finally blocks: > It's a pretty minor bit of syntactic sugar that I use in C++ occasionally and it can reduce cognitive overhead by some fraction of a percent at the cost of a little extra complexity in the parser and no compiler/runtime changes. Overall I'm only +0 on it as it does add complexity to the parser for a very very tiny benefit. Consider the following already legal syntax: function fuu($foo, $bar): void {try { may_throw($foo); may_throw($bar); } catch (FuuException $e) { echo $e->getMessage(); }} Same effect and very nearly same visual scan as the block you pasted, but with no need for additional syntax. > Since PHP is partially influenced by C++, I believe this syntax would be > a meaningful step in making PHP a little bit more intuitively compatible > with C++ practices, which may prove useful for people who come to PHP from > the C++ world (such as myself.) The expected benefit is PHP becomes yet > more familiar and comfortable for C++ programmers. > I'm not sure this statement is entirely accurate. PHP's fundamental inspirations come from perl and C. It's OOP layer was inspired in part from C++, but also from Java. This mixed ancestry doesn't necessarily indicate a push toward any one of those syntaxes. PHP is PHP, it's best when it steals the parts of other languages which make sense for it to steal. > I submitted my patch via the bugtracker: https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=75576 > Ah, disregard my initial comment above then (though PRs do have advantages). At a glance, your patch makes sense. 👍 -Sara -- PHP Internals - PHP Runtime Development Mailing List To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
