# jochem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx / 2007-01-03 16:43:14 +0100:
> Roman Neuhauser wrote:
> > # jochem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx / 2007-01-03 14:07:31 +0100:
> >> Roman - you make some very good point but the pragmatist in me
> >> says of your first example - why the F*** would anyone pass in an object and
> >> blindly push it through printf() ?? that sucks as far as code goes (personally
> >> evening being so diligent as to implement __toString() on the relevant class is
> >> asking for bad news - too much magic imho)
> >>
> >> if the function should be capable of taking an object or a string it should
> >> check what it recieves.
> >>
> >> the way I see it this is bad code by design - and needs to be fixed.
> >
> > Well, why the F*** would anyone use a language that allows you to pass
> > incompatible objects to a function and crashes when you do so? ;)
> >
> > Errors and warnings are fine for languages where the compilation step is
> > separate from the run. For a language like PHP, anything but
> > "RuntimeException" means your perfectly correct code can crash at
> > runtime, without you having a slightest chance to react (in the code).
>
> you have to pay some kind of price for dynamic typing and intepreted
> running.
>
> testing is done for a reason and I stand by my opinion that your given example
> is tantamount to awful coding and it should be corrected.
Why is it awful coding? I have a piece of code where exactly this is
(was in 5.1) a perfectly reasonable thing to do (the example is
contrived to clearly demonstrate the behavior at hand). The output was
for informational purposes, and the "Object #N" presentation was
completely adequate even with its quirks.
BTW, would you share a version of f($any) that meets your definition of
good code?
> >>> function f($any)
> >>> {
> >>> printf("%s\n", $any);
> >>> }
> >> true - but then it would force someone to use exceptions - the overall
> >> consensus went against forcing that on people.
> >
> > I don't follow the logic. What did we gain? Can one of those "exceptions
> > == Java, Java stinks, exceptions stink" campers show me their version of
> > the below f($any) that works in 5.1 and 5.2?
>
> probably not - i wouldn't know I don't live in that camp.
That's why I didn't ask *you*. ;)
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