On Wed, Nov 19, 2025 at 10:48 AM ignace nyamagana butera <
[email protected]> wrote:

>
> On Wed, Nov 19, 2025 at 10:45 AM Lynn <[email protected]> wrote:
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>> On Tue, Nov 18, 2025 at 7:40 PM Jakub Zelenka <[email protected]> wrote:
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>>> Hello,
>>>
>>> I would like to introduce a new stream error handling RFC that is part
>>> of my stream evolution work (PHP Foundation project funded by Sovereign
>>> Tech Fund) :
>>>
>>> https://wiki.php.net/rfc/stream_errors
>>>
>>> Kind regards,
>>>
>>> Jakub
>>>
>>>
>> The naming of "terminal" is a little confusing to me. Reading the name
>> with a bool made me think it was whether or not the CLI was being used,
>> which made little sense in the context of stream errors. After reading the
>> explanation "Terminal errors are those that prevent an operation from
>> completing (e.g., file not found, permission denied). Non-terminal errors
>> are warnings or notices that don't stop execution (e.g., buffer
>> truncation).", I feel like it might be more clear if this property was
>> named after what the result is, perhaps something like "operationBlocked"
>> or "operationPrevented".
>>
>
>
> I believe these types of issues can be resolved by replacing boolean
> values by Enums, hence my suggestion. Enum would be more self explanatory
> and would provide better insight on the outcome. I also like Jordi's
> suggestion, anything that can help static analysis is the way to go IMHO.
>
> Best regards,
> Ignace
>

I ended up removing this from my first reply, but an enum was also what I
thought of as it wouldn't surprise me if a 3rd state could be introduced:
fully prevented, fully executed but with warnings, and partially executed
like a buffer truncation. I just don't know enough about the underlying
errors/warnings to suggest this as alternative implementation.

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