#26759 [Bgs]: some less-than-desirable coding practices

ID: 26759 Updated by: kennyt@php.net -Summary: php documentation examples contain slow code Reported By: kennyt@php.net Status: Bogus Bug Type: Documentation problem PHP Version: Irrelevant Assigned To: kennyt New Comment: it's a documentation "feature request" :-) Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2004-01-01 17:43:24] derick@php.net leave it at bogus ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2004-01-01 14:24:28] vrana@php.net If there are slow examples in the documentation, point to them. Bad algorithms make scripts slow, not using double quotes where can single quotes be. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2004-01-01 13:37:43] et@php.net If you write less readable code in PHP because you are counting CPU cycles which most of the time don't even add up to a noticeable amount of time, you are doing something wrong IMHO. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2004-01-01 13:26:57] amaranth at phphacking dot com I agree that the code examples in the manual teach bad habits. People use them and don't realize there is a better solution, so they write everything with this slower code. Once a script gets large enough these do add up but by then its too late because so many lines would have to be changed. If the manual showed better examples or at least told people about the faster solutions it would fix a lot of headaches. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2004-01-01 05:55:31] derick@php.net Don't smoke too much in the new year please. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ The remainder of the comments for this report are too long. To view the rest of the comments, please view the bug report online at http://bugs.php.net/26759 -- Edit this bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=26759&edit=1