Hi Internals,
I'd like to propose an idea to allow catching exceptions by type only, or
globally, by any type.
In case the "$e" variable or the exception type is redundant, it doesn't
need to be specified:
try {
x();
} catch (\Throwable) {
// ...
}
try {
x();
} catch {
// ...
}
Example in the wild that could benefit from this:
https://github.com/symfony/symfony/blob/5a3e8942032c1a49496fe8db61828707b45442f9/src/Symfony/Component/Config/Definition/ArrayNode.php#L247
($e
variable is redundant).
Allthough global exception catching might not be a good practice per se, I
don't see a real reason to forbid it. However, these are 2 independent
features that can be voted for I guess.
For now, I'm aiming to get rid of "unused variable $e".
Thoughts?
See also
-
https://nitayneeman.com/posts/a-taste-from-ecmascript-2019/#optional-catch-binding
- https://en.cppreference.com/w/cpp/language/try_catch
Cheers,
Roland Franssen
PS: 3rd attempt, sorry if im spamming somehow
