If we want PHP to be as easy as possible then $nullref->bar(),
$foo->someUndefined(), new UndefinedClass etc shouldn’t be exceptions either -
they can just be notices.
> On Aug 28, 2019, at 4:01 PM, Stanislav Malyshev <smalys...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hi!
>
>> Javascript has treated undefined variables as a catchable exceptions since
>> (I think?) forever.
>
> Which seems to be why I open a random Javascript file in our codebase
> and see this:
>
> var wikibase = wikibase || {};
> wikibase.queryService = wikibase.queryService || {};
> wikibase.queryService.ui = wikibase.queryService.ui || {};
> wikibase.queryService.ui.toolbar = wikibase.queryService.toolbar || {};
>
> wikibase.queryService.ui.toolbar.Actionbar = ...
>
> (not my code but I've seen it a lot)
> IMHO, this is language getting in a way and people writing boilerplate
> to avoid "service" that is not actually needed.
>
>> much work. This means its developers often don't improve much either, which
>
> I don't think PHP should be a language that "builds character" by
> forcing people to do more work than it's necessary for them, in order
> for them to "improve". I think it should be as easy as possible, and if
> somebody wants to learn how the bits move, one can always pick up a good
> book or go to a Coursera course, etc.
>
> --
> Stas Malyshev
> smalys...@gmail.com
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