Re: Tidying up the language
| From: | Zak Greant | Date: | Mon, 02 Jul 2001 10:24:45 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: Tidying up the language | ||
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Howdy Phil,
Phil wrote:
> 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
Agreed
[...]
> 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.
Count me in. :)
--zak