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Re:An Exceptional Change in PHP 7.0 by sadgit on Monday October 05, 2015 @06:26PM (#10335460)
Both the LogicException and the RuntimeException branches seem kind of pointless... They all describe exceptions that happen with values at runtime and I expect I'd have trouble picking one in a given circumstance. Mostly I see it leading to a lot of inconsistent uses in practice. At least 4 of them would be legitimate choices for a string thats too short, for example.

Ah, PHP.

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Re:An Exceptional Change in PHP 7.0 by debacle on Monday October 05, 2015 @09:53PM (#10336327)
The logic behind the difference is in the fact that PHP doesn't have assertions - the naming is based on the root cause, not when the occur.

A RuntimeException is something like "Database connection failed." A LogicException is an implementation issue (e.g. usually requires a code change to fix).

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