RE: [PHP-DEV] exceptions question

2003-07-09 Thread Andi Gutmans
Yes, it is expensive. Andi At 08:57 PM 9/7/2003 -0400, Juan C. Rivera wrote: You should not use exceptions for program logic. Exceptions are use to handle exceptional cases and the overhead of handling an exception may be quite expensive. At least on other languages. So, what is the overhead of t

RE: [PHP-DEV] exceptions question

2003-07-09 Thread Juan C. Rivera
You should not use exceptions for program logic. Exceptions are use to handle exceptional cases and the overhead of handling an exception may be quite expensive. At least on other languages. So, what is the overhead of throwing exceptions in PHP? Is it as expensive as in .Net or C++? -Origina

Re: [PHP-DEV] exceptions question

2003-07-08 Thread George Schlossnagle
That's not the way exceptions work in any language I know. On Tuesday, July 8, 2003, at 01:29 PM, Greg Beaver wrote: Hi, In experimenting with exceptions, I notice that throw() always jumps to the first catch() (as expected), and there is no way to return to the line after the throw(). Are w

Re: [PHP-DEV] exceptions question

2003-07-08 Thread Wez Furlong
> In experimenting with exceptions, I notice that throw() always jumps to > the first catch() (as expected), and there is no way to return to the > line after the throw(). That is precisely how exceptions are supposed to work. > Are we forced to use trigger_error() or some > custom function for