RE: [Zend Engine 2] Re: Case sensitivity: Conclusion(?)
| From: | Ford, Mike [LSS] | Date: | Fri, 08 Feb 2002 13:22:01 +0000 |
| Subject: | RE: [Zend Engine 2] Re: Case sensitivity: Conclusion(?) | ||
| Groups: | php.dev | ||
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One corollary to becoming case-sensitive for function names needs to be considered: a standard
should be defined for module/extension function names (even if it's as simple as "all
lower case no underscores"!), and EVERY module/extension must be checked for conformance before
release of a case-sensitive PHP. Otherwise, poor saps like me who use several modules, some only
occasionally, will have fits trying to remember which convention each module uses (for example,
"I know it's OCIPConnect, but is it yazconnect, yazConnect, yaz_connect, Yaz_Connect,
...?"). It's bad enough already with inconsistency of underscores (OCIPConnect but
yaz_connect, according to the manual), but throw in variations of case convention and it would be a
complete nightmare.
Cheers!
Mike
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