Re: diskspacefree vs free_disk_space
| From: | Mark Musone | Date: | Fri, 15 Jan 1999 01:45:10 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: diskspacefree vs free_disk_space | ||
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well the one bad thing is it'd say 90% of all the php functions
currently contain underscores...
Mark
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> hi all,
> it's getting late here in hamburg (GERMANY) 2AM.... i'm playing "sonic
> adventures" on my new sega dreamcast (what a machine!!) - bla bla bla
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> anyhow, i just needed something to get the free space in a directory....
> ('cause i'm unsing php for db-importers, batch processing etc - and i
> LOVE it!!!!)
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> personally i think that php build in functions should no contain an
> underscore (like most of UNIX) - cause that way it's easy to see that a
> function in native php / vs a user-written function (but that decision
> up to the core guys!). if we/you would keep it that way one could just
> call all his/her functions do__something, and everybody would know it's
> NOT a native/builtin php function. (i know it's too late for that - eg
> xml_something...) -
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> i decided (if i'm allowed to decide?!) to call the function
> diskfreespace 'cause it reads (pronounces) the best (my taste)..... and
> (if you ask me) it fits best into the current php-name-space. rasmus (&
> rest of core): see previous paragraph... i think it would be good if
> php-builtins do not contain an underscore - to make stuff more
> "readable"/"obvious" (i cannot think of a good english word for what i
> mean.....)
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> going to have my last beer for today - and playing some more sonic,
>
> cheers (in germany we say "PROST")
> tc
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