Re: Callable type

On 2011-06-07, David Zülke <david.zuelke@bitextender.com> 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. Agreed, here. "callback" is the usage throughout the documentation to refer to anything that passes is_callable(). -- Matthew Weier O'Phinney Project Lead | matthew@zend.com Zend Framework | http://framework.zend.com/ PGP key: http://framework.zend.com/zf-matthew-pgp-key.asc