Re: Callable type
| From: | Mike van Riel | Date: | Tue, 07 Jun 2011 20:44:00 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: Callable type | ||
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To be honest: everybody knows what you mean when you say callback.
Callable sounds more like the name of an interface.
On Tue, 2011-06-07 at 22:32 +0200, David Zülke wrote:
> On 07.06.2011, at 22:31, Stas Malyshev wrote:
>
> > Hi!
> >
> >> callback is callable, the opposite could not be true.
> >> a string --or a closure-- is callable, but the string is not a callback
> >
> > According to our docs, which were out there for years, it is. One of the main and
> > widespread complaints about PHP is the lack of any system in naming, design and documentation, it is
> > sad to see how many people want to make it worse instead of making it better
>
> +1. I'm thinking it should be "callback", or the docs should be adjusted.
> "callable" arguably does make more sense, but either way, it needs to be consistent,
> that's what matters most.
>
> David