Edit report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=60341&edit=1
ID: 60341 Updated by: fel...@php.net Reported by: morrison dot levi at gmail dot com Summary: SplFixedArray should throw specific exceptions. -Status: Open +Status: Assigned Type: Feature/Change Request Package: SPL related Operating System: irrelevant PHP Version: 5.3 -Assigned To: +Assigned To: colder Block user comment: N Private report: N Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2011-11-21 17:36:11] morrison dot levi at gmail dot com This should really be titled 'SplFixedArray should throw specific exceptions' ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2011-11-19 21:31:32] morrison dot levi at gmail dot com Description: ------------ SplFixedArray thankfully throws exceptions when you try to do incorrect things with indices. However, the types of exceptions are just too generic. If I give the wrong type of index, that's a logic error (I'd expect InvalidArgument or at least something that inherits from LogicError to be thrown). If I give an index that's that's a valid type but doesn't exist, I'd expect an OutOfBoundsException to be thrown. Instead I get a generic RuntimeException. I should expect because they are very different problems that I would at least get a distinguishing message between the two. However, I get the same descriptions: 'Index invalid or out of range'. The very message suggests they should be different exceptions. The first fix would sort-of break backwards compatibility: throw an InvalidArgumentException for things of the wrong type. The second fix, throw OutOfBoundsException on incorrect index, could be implemented and keep backwards compatibility. Test script: --------------- $fa = new SplFixedArray(1); $fa[new StdClass()]; //expect InvalidArgumentException or perhaps OutOfRangeException $fa[2] = 'james'; // expect OutOfBoundsException Expected result: ---------------- I expect $fa[new StdClass] to throw an InvalidArgumentException, not a RuntimeException I expect $fa['2'] to throw OutOfBoundsException not a RuntimeException. Actual result: -------------- Both throw RuntimeExceptions. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=60341&edit=1
