[PSR-3] What about PHP 7 Throwable?

[Julien Falque]

Hi everyone.

About logging exceptions, PSR-3 says:

If an Exception object is passed in the context data, it MUST be in the 'exception' key. Logging exceptions is a common pattern and this allows implementors to extract a stack trace from the exception when the log backend supports it. Implementors MUST still verify that the 'exception' key is actually an Exception before using it as such, as it MAY contain anything. (https://www.php-fig.org/psr/psr-3/#13-context)

When this was published, PHP 7 wasn't released and Throwable interface didn't exist. I have several questions about this.

Should Throwable be taken into account?

If so, should we update PSR-3 or is it better to write a new PSR (like with PSR-12 for PSR-2)?

Do we want to keep using 'exception' as key? Should we use 'error'? 'throwable'? All of them?

Thanks.

[Julien Falque]

Anyone?

[Larry Garfield]

On Wednesday, January 2, 2019 4:22:11 AM CST Julien Falque wrote:
> Anyone?

If anything, I think an Errata that says "treat any other Throwable the same
as an Exception" is probably the best way forward. No need for a whole new
PSR just for that.

--Larry Garfield