Req #51373 [Opn->Wfx]: remove or change the 'function' in classes

Edit report at http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=51373&edit=1 ID: 51373 Updated by: derick@php.net Reported by: kjarli at gmail dot com Summary: remove or change the 'function' in classes -Status: Open +Status: Wont fix Type: Feature/Change Request Package: Unknown/Other Function PHP Version: Irrelevant New Comment: functions are by far not deprecated. OO might be useful, but is definitely not what all PHP really cares for. I don't see why we would want to change this. It doesn't add functionality, nor does it add to readability. IMO, changing this would be a strange thing to do. Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2010-03-23 22:46:20] kjarli at gmail dot com Description: ------------ The function keyword is pretty deprecated in php atm. If you got a function inside a class people always refer to it as a 'method' and not a function. Besides that, there is actually no need for that keyword... class foo { public function foobar() {} } Is actually the same as: class foo { public foobar() {} } Should not be hard to understand that it's a function or method... I propose to either change the keyword to method or remove it completely Test script: --------------- <?php class foo { // old public function foobar() {} // suggestion 0 public method foobar() {} // suggestion 1 public foobar() {} } ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=51373&edit=1