Re: Woah
| From: | Hartmut Holzgraefe | Date: | Mon, 10 Sep 2001 21:16:05 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: Woah | ||
| References: | 1 2 | Groups: | php.dev |
| Request: | Send a blank email to php-dev+get-65695@lists.php.net to get a copy of this message | ||
Wez Furlong wrote:
> Are you really serious when you say that you want to deprecate _()??
> Just think how many of the "bigger guys" will be affected and seriously
> pissed that their nicely localized enterprise application suddenly doesn't
> work or drops its performance several notches ?
>
> Yes, I know it's not nice, but it's the unnofficial standard.
> Lets think about this:
>
> _() is only there if you compile in the gettext extension.
> _() is recognized by all gettext users as being an alias for gettext()
> You say that _ should not be used for anything in the language or
> on it's own.
> So it's never going to collide with anything else
> You say that if you come across it and wonder what it does, the manual
> doesn't tell you what it is. Lets solve that by putting it in the manual.
a very big +1 from my side here
--
Hartmut Holzgraefe hartmut@six.de http://www.six.de
+49-711-99091-77