From: arne@vajhoej.dk   
      
   On 7/10/2025 12:28 AM, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:   
   > On Wed, 9 Jul 2025 22:24:50 -0400, Arne Vajhøj wrote:   
   >> There are fundamentally two different ways of handling errors:   
   >> * return status   
   >> * exception   
   >   
   > There’s a difference between different statuses that might be returned as   
   > part of the normal execution of an operation, and unexpected conditions   
   > indicating program bugs.   
   >   
   > Syntax errors in the embedded language would almost always belong in the   
   > latter category.   
      
   Yes.   
      
   Java operate with checked and unchecked exceptions based on   
   that logic.   
      
   But I don't see any point for the problem at hand.   
      
   If the PHP developer configure the database connection   
   to not throw exceptions because the developer want to   
   check return status, then that must be respected. It   
   does not make any sense of the database extension is   
   is coded like "SQL syntax is so serious a bug, so even   
   though the developer asked me not to throw exceptions, then   
   I will throw one anyway". The code is not prepared to   
   handle exceptions, because the developer expect the   
   driver to throw one when told not to.   
      
   Arne   
      
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