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Hi,
I don't have an issue, I just wanted to say that this thing is fantastic -- it's exactly what I wanted. And your description strikes a chord with me... why the heck does every form builder try to output the damn markup for me? Sheesh...
Anyway, thanks, this is great.

Hi,
This is not an "issue", but have an architectural question for you (if you have time for it -- if not I totally understand):

I'm wondering if this library can be conceptually simplified even more by not using the Form::check static method (and then catching DomainExceptions). What if, instead, there was just a validate function that returned the $errors array? Or if the anonymous function just returned null if no errors or the error message if there are errors?

Maybe the answer is "sure, whatever... doesn't matter". But I'm curious if you remember why you chose to implement it the way you did. Seems that calling a static method and throwing/catching exceptions might not be the most straightforward way, but maybe it is simpler in some contexts?

Genuinely curious to learn more about the design decisions here, not trying to argue or persuade you or anything. This little library has brought much joy to me in the past couple of weeks... I am enlightened on how freaking easy this form stuff can really be!

Thank you!