Re[2]: [PHP-DEV] htmlspecialchars() alias

Hi, > Apparently, you either I grossly mistyped what I wanted to say, or you > misread it, or you never coded much in php. The first one. >> > I was wondering if it would be feasible to create an alias for this >> > function, say hsc() or something short. >> >> > [..] >> >> > It is no big deal, but for a function that is used ALL THE TIME, it would >> > be nice. >> >>why do something in C, when it can be done in PHP so nicely: >> >>function hsc(&$var) { >> $var = htmlspecialchars($var); >>} > Maybe you ought to coding guidelines on zend.com which EXPLICITLY state > that the above practice is BAD. You're quite funny. Could you please read my sentence below? "..Actually doing hsc() in PHP is compareable silly.." I never said this would be a good solution - but you demanded it. >>Alias are terrible. The decrease readability of your code. Actually >>doing hsc() in PHP is compareable silly. ^^^^ re-read this please. > What I am trying to find out here is if it would be feasible to implement > the alias in C, so there is not performance loss, and so it makes every > ones lives just a little bit easier. It is not about performance. It is about _readability_. Aliases are good to maintain backwards compatibility, but they shouldn't be used to introduce more commands which do the same thing. Kind Regards, Daniel Lorch -- @echo "Hello, World";