Re: Proposal for updating the PDF-extension

+1 for PHP way on both questions. The language should be consistent. I think one of the goals - a major one - of PHP (or any other programming language, for that matter) should be: provide a single, consistent interface to many different areas of programmer's life. In other words, I think consistency is what distinguishes a programming language from a pile of libs quickly hacked together into something resembling Crude Puppy rather than anything else. At 17:16 24.1. 2001, Uwe Steinmann wrote the following: -------------------------------------------------------------- >On Wed, Jan 24, 2001 at 03:07:09PM +0100, Cynic wrote: >> maybe they should be pdf_find_font, pdf_add_local_link etc? >> that would be more consistent with the func-naming convention, >> I guess, but I'm in no position to decide this. >> but I definitely think that it should be either underscore >> everywhere, or just between the ext. prefix and the rest of >> the name (i. e. pdf_findfont, pdf_injectasmanywordasyouseefit), >> or whatever, but it should be consistent. that is, don't >> mix pdf_open_file with pdf_add_locallink, because that only >> confuse folks. and the consensus (at least I got it it's agreed >> on) is pdf_add_local_link-like names. > From the php point of view there should be underscores but >the pdflib api doesn't use them except for the one after the 'pdf'. >The question is, shall we enforce the php naming or allow the >pdflib naming. > >There are probably other points which need to be discussed like >what a function should return if it fails. Many php functions return >false but pdflib's api requires to return -1. > > Uwe >-- > Uwe.Steinmann@fernuni-hagen.de > Tel: +2331 987 4528 Fax: +2331 987 375 ------end of quote------ ____________________________________________________________ Cynic: A member of a group of ancient Greek philosophers who taught that virtue constitutes happiness and that self control is the essential part of virtue. cynic@mail.cz