Re: PHP 6.0 Wishlist

On 8/12/05 2:50 PM, "David Zülke" <dz@bitxtender.com> wrote: > I have a #9 to share, too: > Assuming that PHP 6.0 will also have namespaces support (which would be > cool), it might make sense to move all internal functions to use namespaces > (if they support functions sitting in there - doesn't seem like Jessie's > current patch will, but then, maybe there's a chance). That way, we could > clean up naming inconsistencies (think of all the str* functions), and maybe > even some of the common annoyances when it comes to parameter order > (haystack, needle vs. needle, haystack) > I thought about suggesting this (or something like it)... But unlike anything that Rasmus has suggested, doing this will be dramatically destabilizing to *every* single PHP script, unless the platform also maintains a massive alias list--which is of course what Rasmus was trying to get rid of anyway :) Mt.