[theme-reviewers] error suppression

[Michael Fields]

On 2/13/12 7:59 AM, Chip Bennett wrote:
> The usefulness of Debug Bar comes through again!
>
> Nevertheless, the underlying point remains: suppression is not an 
> acceptable substitute for resolution of notices/warnings/errors.

Generally, I agree with this statement. Personally, I dislike error 
suppression as a solution for anything ... anything other than when 
paired with getimagesize() as it is used in Duotone. I have never found 
a good way to resolve the warning reported by it for remote images.

The reason that it exists is to determine whether the first image in a 
post is vertical or horizontal; a different template width will be used 
depending on this condition. getimagesize() is the last resort in a 
chain of other methods of determining the orientation of the image. My 
concern here was to not break compatibility with earlier versions of the 
theme. There were a lot of changes between these two versions and I did 
my best to ensure that users would be able to transition as smoothly as 
possible. That being said, I personally do not have a problem removing 
the getimagesize() check from the theme.

Might it be a good idea to add the use of @ to suppress errors to the 
guidelines - if it is not already there?

- Mike