Re: [RFC] [VOTE] Prefix and Suffix Functions
| From: | Ilija Tovilo | Date: | Fri, 27 Feb 2026 16:47:40 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: [RFC] [VOTE] Prefix and Suffix Functions | ||
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On Fri, Feb 27, 2026 at 5:42 PM Bob Weinand <bobwei9@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hey Larry,
>
> On 27.2.2026 17:32:47, Larry Garfield wrote:
> > Though I would also question why so many people are voting for $subject-last for the
> > secondary vote.
>
> The two-argument variants are consistent with e.g. addcslashes (one
> subject operated on with an argument) - so that's perfectly consistent.
>
> Then for replacing, you want consistency with str_replace, and
> preg_replace and such.
Maybe consistently inconsistent. ;) In my opinion, it's much better to
not keep repeating the same mistake, pick a standard and stick with
it. Subject-first always works. I wouldn't think many people want to
internalize the placement of the subject based on the kind of string
replacement function.
Ilija