Re: [RFC] [Discussion] Deprecate functions with overloaded signatures

On Thu, 27 Apr 2023, Máté Kocsis wrote: > As you have possibly already experienced, overloaded signatures cause > various smaller and bigger issues, while the concept is not natively > supported by PHP. That's why I drafted an RFC which intends to phase > out the majority of overloaded function/method signatures and also > forbid the introduction of such functions in the future: > \*.zéÄæOneî† > Öhttps://wiki.php.net/rfc/deprecate_functions_with_overloaded_signatures I'm going to nitpick on the newly suggested names and argument order for the DatePeriod factory methods — althoughI do agree that they need to get created: createFromInterval(DateTimeInterface $start, DateInterval $interval, DateTimeInterface $end, int $options = 0) → createWithRange(DateTimeInterface $begin, DateTimeInterface $end, DateTimeInterface $int, int $options = 0) createFromRecurrences(DateTimeInterface $start, DateInterval $interval, int $recurrences, int $options = 0) → createWithRecurrences(DateInterval $begin, int $recurrences, DateInterval $interval, int $options = 0) We also should fix the argument names. Either $start/$finish, or $begin/$end. I prefer the latter. createFromIso8601(string $specification, int $options = 0) -> createFromISO8601String I am open to bike shedding about this :-) cheers, Derick