Hi,

On Wed, Nov 19, 2025 at 10:57 AM Lynn <[email protected]> wrote:

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

I don't think we will add another state. The enum based approach seems most
reasonable to me. I should also change the name terminal / non terminal to
terminating / non terminating as I think that's the correct name for this...

Cheers,

Jakub

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