Re: RE: [PHP-QA] Re: [PHP-DEV] ctype function (re?)naming

RC>> It's more legible for the same reason that it's easier (and RC>> faster) to read "one two three" than "onetwothree". The human RC>> mind can easily tokenize at the appropriate places, when it has RC>> a token. Without a token, the string is much harder to parse. For me, "isalpha" is single token. That's the name, much like Johnson or Chandrabharmata. RC>> There's several, in order of use: ldap_connect, ldap_bind, ldap_search. RC>> Without looking in the manual, I _don't_ have to guess if it's ldap_search RC>> or ldapsearch. Which is my entire point. I know the ldap functions were Exactly. Because you don't know the "search" part, wondering on underscore is useless. That's my point. I repeat it once more, to be clear: ======== Functions that have "well known" names should not be touched. That includes fopen (not open_file, neither file_open or filesystem_open_file, thankyouverymuch), isaplha, ImageGif, etc., etc. Functions that do not have established names (like most third-party libraries) can be named by any standard that feels warm on your heart, I have no objection on this. ======== RC>> I didn't check a manual. Ldap functions aren't named in a mixed fashion RC>> of word_wordword and word_word_word. They follow the *most common* PHP RC>> syntax of using word_word_word. Don't try to make me believe you remember all the "non-underscore" part of all functions by hard and your only problem is knowing where's the underscore. RC>> To stop confusing the *language*, as a whole, we should be doing this with RC>> some consistency, so we're not confusing people as they try to learn new RC>> function names. They shouldn't have to guess, or read the manual, just RC>> to figure out the "proper spacing" in invoking it. That's not "confusing". That's "remaining in touch with the rest of the known world". I do not want function to open file be "filesystem_open_file". I want my old trusty fopen. It served me well for years. -- Stanislav Malyshev, Zend Products Engineer stas@zend.com http://www.zend.com/ +972-3-6139665 ext.115