Edit report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=32100&edit=1
ID: 32100
Comment by: ceefour at gauldong dot net
Reported by: ceefour at gauldong dot net
Summary: Request 'finally' support for exceptions
Status: Re-Opened
Type: Feature/Change Request
Package: *General Issues
Operating System: *
PHP Version: 5.*
Assigned To: laruence
Block user comment: N
Private report: N
New Comment:
This is awesome !
My next suggestion would be automatic resource management.
e.g. in Scala :
import resource._
val first_ten_bytes = managed(new FileInputStream("test.txt")) map {
input =>
val buffer = new Array[Byte](10)
input.read(buffer)
buffer
}
or in Java 7 :
static String readFirstLineFromFile(String path) throws IOException {
try (BufferedReader br =
new BufferedReader(new FileReader(path))) {
return br.readLine();
}
}
But "finally" as it stands already rocks!!! Hopefully we can see it in PHP
sooner than later..... We've been waiting for a little bit too long (7 years)
;-)
Previous Comments:
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[2012-08-03 04:38:39] ceefour at gauldong dot net
Finally! :-)
Thanks a lot
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[2012-07-26 02:10:42] [email protected]
RFC complete, https://wiki.php.net/rfc/finally
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[2012-07-25 23:44:07] pravdin at vl dot ru
We are writing large web application on PHP using the OOP and programming
patterns. Exceptions are not only error reporting mechanism but also very
important program flow mechanism. So, try...finally is commonly needed. Please
add
this feature. I know, PHP is not OOP, but I think there is no reason to limit
developers needs, especially when this needs are not for just a few single
developers.
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[2012-07-24 10:59:57] [email protected]
I will try to make a implemention.
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[2012-07-18 23:13:07] pieceofchum at yahoo dot com
Hello I am a Java developer and would like to move over to PHP for my current
personal projects. The use of finally in Java is extremely powerful as it
ensures that a unit of work that uses any resources that need to be managed are
guaranteed to be handled before leaving the method even whent here is a catch
clause. This has nothing to do with control flow and exception handling it has
everything to do with contract based blocks of code in fact finally is a
totally unique construct which greatly simplifies algorithms where one needs a
guarantee of certain code running (usually to handle external resources) no
matter what happens outside of course of an error (error defined as something
that breaks the interpreter/compiler/environmen). It is not a mistake of design
but a vast improvement in code clarity and application of the DRY principle
which is correct programming and has nothing at all to do with improper control
flow. It is not a mistake that it is in some form in Python, Ruby, Java etc...
Please please recondsider adding this extremely important construct to PHP.
Thanks for your consideration in this matter
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