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Re: OO PHP result of new if a constructor fails

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From "Christoph M. Becker" <cmbecker69@arcor.de>
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Subject Re: OO PHP result of new if a constructor fails
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Denis McMahon wrote:

> On Wed, 12 Nov 2014 13:30:51 +0100, Christoph M. Becker wrote:
> 
>> ... the documentation states that you should not
>> return anything from a __constructor() function.  If you nonetheless do
>> so, you are violating the contract.
> 
> Then at least a notice or warning should be raised.

That might be a good idea, but for the sake of consistency this would
have to be done in other places as well.  Consider, for instance:

  $a = [1, 2, 3];
  array_walk($a, function ($el) {return 42;});

The returned value is silently discarded.

-- 
Christoph M. Becker

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OO PHP result of new if a constructor fails "James Harris" <james.harris.1@gmail.com> - 2014-11-11 15:13 +0000
  Re: OO PHP result of new if a constructor fails Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2014-11-11 10:20 -0500
    Re: OO PHP result of new if a constructor fails "James Harris" <james.harris.1@gmail.com> - 2014-11-11 15:56 +0000
      Re: OO PHP result of new if a constructor fails Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2014-11-11 11:03 -0500
        Re: OO PHP result of new if a constructor fails "James Harris" <james.harris.1@gmail.com> - 2014-11-11 16:27 +0000
          Re: OO PHP result of new if a constructor fails Matthew Carter <m@ahungry.com> - 2014-11-11 12:01 -0500
            Re: OO PHP result of new if a constructor fails Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2014-11-11 12:56 -0500
          Re: OO PHP result of new if a constructor fails Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2014-11-11 12:52 -0500
  Re: OO PHP result of new if a constructor fails "Christoph M. Becker" <cmbecker69@arcor.de> - 2014-11-11 18:12 +0100
  Re: OO PHP result of new if a constructor fails Richard Damon <Richard@Damon-Family.org> - 2014-11-11 13:03 -0500
  Re: OO PHP result of new if a constructor fails Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2014-11-11 23:54 +0100
    Re: OO PHP result of new if a constructor fails "Christoph M. Becker" <cmbecker69@arcor.de> - 2014-11-12 03:00 +0100
      Re: OO PHP result of new if a constructor fails Matthew Carter <m@ahungry.com> - 2014-11-11 22:25 -0500
        Re: OO PHP result of new if a constructor fails Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2014-11-11 22:36 -0500
          Re: OO PHP result of new if a constructor fails Matthew Carter <m@ahungry.com> - 2014-11-12 01:30 -0500
            Re: OO PHP result of new if a constructor fails Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2014-11-12 07:08 -0500
            Re: OO PHP result of new if a constructor fails "Christoph M. Becker" <cmbecker69@arcor.de> - 2014-11-12 13:30 +0100
              Re: OO PHP result of new if a constructor fails Denis McMahon <denismfmcmahon@gmail.com> - 2014-11-12 13:52 +0000
                Re: OO PHP result of new if a constructor fails "Christoph M. Becker" <cmbecker69@arcor.de> - 2014-11-13 00:46 +0100
                Re: OO PHP result of new if a constructor fails Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2014-11-12 22:28 -0500
      Re: OO PHP result of new if a constructor fails Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2014-11-12 21:30 +0100
        Re: OO PHP result of new if a constructor fails "Christoph M. Becker" <cmbecker69@arcor.de> - 2014-11-13 01:15 +0100
          Re: OO PHP result of new if a constructor fails Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2014-11-13 04:09 +0100
            Re: OO PHP result of new if a constructor fails Stefan+Usenet@Froehlich.Priv.at (Stefan Froehlich) - 2014-11-13 07:42 +0000
            Re: OO PHP result of new if a constructor fails "Christoph M. Becker" <cmbecker69@arcor.de> - 2014-11-13 14:11 +0100
              Re: OO PHP result of new if a constructor fails Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2014-11-13 21:40 +0100
                Re: OO PHP result of new if a constructor fails "Christoph M. Becker" <cmbecker69@arcor.de> - 2014-11-14 13:49 +0100
                Re: OO PHP result of new if a constructor fails Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2014-11-14 23:25 +0100
          Re: OO PHP result of new if a constructor fails Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2014-11-12 22:29 -0500
            Re: OO PHP result of new if a constructor fails Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2014-11-13 21:45 +0100
              Re: OO PHP result of new if a constructor fails Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2014-11-13 15:56 -0500
                Re: OO PHP result of new if a constructor fails Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2014-11-13 22:09 +0100
                Re: OO PHP result of new if a constructor fails Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2014-11-13 21:03 -0500
              Re: OO PHP result of new if a constructor fails "Christoph M. Becker" <cmbecker69@arcor.de> - 2014-11-13 22:47 +0100
                Re: OO PHP result of new if a constructor fails Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2014-11-13 22:59 +0100
                Re: OO PHP result of new if a constructor fails "Christoph M. Becker" <cmbecker69@arcor.de> - 2014-11-18 19:02 +0100

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