Exempt adding Type and Value Errors from BC break policy#27
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Exempt adding Type and Value Errors from BC break policy#27
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theodorejb
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Co-authored-by: Theodore Brown <theodorejb@outlook.com>
ramsey
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| - Adding TypeError and ValueError exceptions to validate inputs to functions | ||
| and methods. These are not classified as BC breaks because not adding them | ||
| allows incorrect code to run and thus leads to hard to debug code. |
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| allows incorrect code to run and thus leads to hard to debug code. | |
| allows incorrect code to run and thus leads to hard-to-debug code. |
iluuu1994
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| - Adding TypeError and ValueError exceptions to validate inputs to functions | ||
| and methods. These are not classified as BC breaks because not adding them | ||
| allows incorrect code to run and thus leads to hard to debug code. |
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These are not classified as BC breaks because not adding them allows incorrect code to run and thus leads to hard to debug code.
IMO this wording is not great. Maybe:
Missing validation for undocumented or clearly unintended argument values are considered PHP core bugs with unpredictable or incorrect behavior. As such, adding the desired validation is not considered BC breaking.
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I'm merging this, since this was the version that was approved in the RFC. Please submit typo fixes separately as a new PR.
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RFC: https://wiki.php.net/rfc/policy-exempt-type-value-error-bc-policy