Re: Tidying up the language
| From: | Cynic | Date: | Mon, 02 Jul 2001 10:29:19 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: Tidying up the language | ||
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Hi Phil,
it's nice to hear I'm not the one who still thinks about this
stuff.
At 12:04 7/2/2001, Phil Driscoll wrote the following:
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>In the light of Zend's proposal for a version 2 of the Zend Engine, now is
>probably a good time to discuss whether we can and/or should use the
>opportunity to also tidy up the language along the lines we discussed on this
>list a few months ago namely:
>
>Make function names case sensitive (and all lower case)
>Rename functions to make them consistent
>Address the order of arguments to functions so that needles and haystacks are
>consistent
<snip />
>Rather than start near infinite threads on the nitty gritty details of what
>and how to change things, can we first establish a concensus on whether to
>have a go now or later, and see if we have enough people prepared to put in
>the hours.
I'm ready.
cynic@mail.cz
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