Doc #66806 [Opn]: The word "parent" is used when "ancestor" would be more appropriate

Edit report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=66806&edit=1 ID: 66806 Updated by: krakjoe@php.net Reported by: jason dot judge at academe dot co dot uk Summary: The word "parent" is used when "ancestor" would be more appropriate Status: Open Type: Documentation Problem Package: Documentation problem PHP Version: Irrelevant Block user comment: N Private report: N New Comment: This is correct ... however, this kind of loose terminology is used all over the manual, I'm not sure what good it would do to change the terminology in one function, I think we require more than that here ... http://www.paranormalocean.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/2zxi.jpg Thoughts, anyone ?? Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2014-03-01 17:47:10] jason dot judge at academe dot co dot uk Description: ------------ --- From manual page: http://www.php.net/function.is-a --- The term "parent" refers to an immediate ancestor in all cases that I have com across. Your grandfather and his grandmother are not your parents, and the calling ancestor classes "parents" is just as wrong IMO. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=66806&edit=1