Re: Proposal for updating the PDF-extension
| From: | Jani Taskinen | Date: | Wed, 24 Jan 2001 15:43:51 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: Proposal for updating the PDF-extension | ||
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On Wed, 24 Jan 2001, Uwe Steinmann wrote:
>On Wed, Jan 24, 2001 at 03:07:09PM +0100, Cynic wrote:
>> 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.
This API is used in PHP -> use the PHP naming. If we start making
exceptions we end up having a mess in our hands.. :)
>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.
Again, we should be consistant within PHP the language.
ie. if function fails -> RETURN_FALSE.
IMO.
--Jani