2024年3月6日(水) 9:22 youkidearitai <youkideari...@gmail.com>: > > Hi, Larry > Hi, Niels > > 2024年3月6日(水) 6:47 Niels Dossche <dossche.ni...@gmail.com>: > > > > Hi Larry > > Hi Yuya > > > > So first of all, I meant the error handling in cases like these: > > https://github.com/php/php-src/pull/13580/files#diff-b8fe038d9d7539694593978bea5605f38dde4bcb6a016865130590e45e23202eR852-R860 > > The implementation still returns NULL here, so the signature is still > > incorrect. Either it should return false to match the other functions, or > > throw something and not return a value. > > > > On 05/03/2024 18:40, Larry Garfield wrote: > > > On Tue, Mar 5, 2024, at 7:25 AM, youkidearitai wrote: > > >> 2024年3月5日(火) 5:52 Niels Dossche <dossche.ni...@gmail.com>: > > >>> > > >>> Hi Yuya > > >>> > > >>> This sounds useful. > > >>> > > >>> I do have a question about the function signature: > > >>> function grapheme_str_split(string $string, int $length = 1): array {} > > >>> > > >>> This always returns an array. > > >>> However, looking at your PR it seems you return NULL on failure, but > > >>> the return type in the signature isn't nullable. > > >>> Also, from a quick look, it seems other functions return false instead > > >>> of null on failure. So perhaps the return type should be array|false. > > >>> > > >>> What do you think? :) > > >>> > > >>> Kind regards > > >>> Niels > > >>> > > >>> On 03/03/2024 00:21, youkidearitai wrote: > > >>>> Hi, Internals > > >>>> > > >>>> I noticed PHP does not have grapheme cluster for str_split function., > > >>>> Until now, you had to use the PCRE function's \X. > > >>>> > > >>>> Therefore, I try create `grapheme_str_split` function. > > >>>> https://github.com/php/php-src/pull/13580 > > >>>> It is possible to convert array per emoji and variation selectors > > >>>> using ICU. > > >>>> > > >>>> If it's fine, I'll create an RFC. > > >>>> > > >>>> Regards > > >>>> Yuya > > >>>> > > >> > > >> Hi, Niels > > >> > > >> Thank you for your comment. > > >> Indeed, returns false is make sense. > > >> > > >> Therefore, I changed to returns false when invalid UTF-8 strings. > > >> > > >> Regards > > >> Yuya > > > > > > Many legacy functions return false on error, but that is widely regarded > > > as bad design. Please do not continue bad design. > > > > I agree that returning false on error isn't ideal for exceptional cases, > > that's what exceptions are for. > > Looking at the other grapheme functions makes me wonder though how > > consistent this would be, especially w.r.t. intl_get_error_*() and > > intl_error_name(). > > > > > > > > Right now, the best "standard" error handling mechanism available is > > > exceptions. false (or null) can very easily lead to incorrectly using > > > that value as though it were valid, when it's not, which will sometimes > > > cause a fatal error and sometimes cause a security leak. > > > > > > If the input value cannot be logically processed, that's an exception. > > > (Or Error, perhaps.) > > > > > > --Larry Garfield > > > > Kind regards > > Niels > > Thank you so much for advice. > Indeed, This current grapheme* functions seems inconsistent. > > Therefore, it's one thing when returns null, throws any exception. > Shall we do so just for the grapheme_str_split function? > > Regards > Yuya > > -- > --------------------------- > Yuya Hamada (tekimen) > - https://tekitoh-memdhoi.info > - https://github.com/youkidearitai > -----------------------------
Ah, If throws exception when intl_error*, is required other an RFC? If we make grapheme_str_split's signature is below (include null): ``` function grapheme_str_split(string $string, int $length = 1): array|null {} ``` For now, I change signature to `array|null`. Regards Yuya -- --------------------------- Yuya Hamada (tekimen) - https://tekitoh-memdhoi.info - https://github.com/youkidearitai -----------------------------