Re: Tidying up the language

From: 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

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