Hello, please discuss about error collecting implementation in next PHP releases
Exceptions have common differences that restrict using them to collect errors 1. Timeloss (trace collection) on call new() on any class that implements \Throwable 2. To collect errors and return it to the upper level you have to change the return signature, so most of the time rewrite the full tree and change all signatures, that's inapplicable and causes more refactor time without any benefits 3. Exceptions will break code, so you need to catch them as much closely as possible to place you throw it (additional refactoring) What I want from this feature: - while I am writing the api, I need not only "log" the errors, but be able to send all script errors to json output, including warnings, errors, and deep nested. It will reduce the time of debugging, otherwise i have to download log files from server or configure external system like sentry that collects all errors by groups/chains Suggested solution: - add non-breakable interface and language construct `raise` to "throw" error without collecting trace - that error could be any scalar or object, or you can implement new interface for them, keeping that is nested and taggable array - this `raise` could be catched same way as \Throwable allowing log it anywhere you need or re-`raise` again - `raise` statement won't start to collapse/break code, so it could be skipped without affecting application Current solution: a) 2 classes - ErrorBag/ErrorBagStack. b) native functions like _error()/_warning() that stores errors to the current ErrorBag if it exists. c) ErrorBag exists only if you initialize it: - from the upper level (you need to collect) - directly inside a function (you need to decide return/continue depending on its emptiness) - otherwise _error()/_warning() does nothing d) once you "catch" results of _error()/_warning() you often need it to merge the result to the current errorbag, mark it with a nesting group or with the tag. Nesting group is required once you debug code (you will see the log), tags will needed once you want to copy results from one bag to another (closest example - reduce queue with unique function, do action, then work with initial data) e) useful feature is merge_as_warning($errorBag) - to prevent the current error bag to return `true` on call ->hasErrors(). Errors are related to low level function, and possibly you already do actions that allow you just store them. f) searching inside the error bag by nesting sequence, or by tag, or by error type. Error type helps the same as try/catch, tag helps if you want to save errors to several destinations without memory losses, and nesting will help most of the time in debugging. Thanks for your attention. -- +375 (29) 676-48-68 <+375296764868> / Mobile - предпочитаемый способ связи https://t.me/gzhegow / https://t.me/%2B375296764868 / Telegram 6562...@gmail.com
