Re: Re: ext/imagick BC break (was: Re: [PEAR-DEV] PHP Magick version 0.5a Released!)

I see your point. However, instead of remembering 100 functions, you have to remember 100 ways of calling imagick_filter(). For instance, convert, mogrify, etc. are wrappers around the individual functions within the ImageMagick code. But, remembering all the command lines arguments to convert and mogrify is pretty tough.....they are powerful and therefore have extensive documentation. Quite frankly, I believe most users are going to use imagick for things like reading an image, converting an image, resizing an image and writing an image. That's 4 functions that need to be remembered versus having to dig into one function called imagick_filter() and understanding everything you need to pass to it. I see the advantages and disadvantages to both. On Tue, 26 Nov 2002, Pierre-Alain Joye wrote: > On Tue, 26 Nov 2002 11:55:44 -0500 (EST) > Michael Montero <mmontero@mail.communityconnect.com> wrote: > > > So, in other words I would call: > > > > imagick_filter( $handle, "blur", [param1], [param2], [param3] ) > > > > ? Is that right? If so, I'm not sure I find much of an advantage to > > this versus providing separately named functions. In fact, I find it > > a bit easier from a user's point of view to have separate, well > > documented functions. > > > What do you think the advantages of this are? > > Easier to add new filters, transformations. > No need to remember hundred of functions. > > > Plus, I find that the method I've employed maps nearly 1-to-1 with > > ImageMagick itself. > > As far as I remember, imagick just does it like that, it uses the main > api functions. The user side is convert or others command line tools. > Each command line matches specific functionnalities (it uses arguments > as you may use it in php). This is just an advice, I just do not like to > look at 100 functions ;-). > > hth > > pierre > > -- Michael C. Montero Chief Technology Officer Community Connect Inc. Co-founder MMontero@Mail.CommunityConnect.com -=-=-=-=-= Community Connect Inc. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- The Premier Source of Interactive Online Communities 149 Fifth Avenue http://www.CommunityConnectInc.com/ New York, NY 10010 http://www.AsianAvenue.com/ http://www.BlackPlanet.com/ Click into Asian America The World Is Yours http://www.MiGente.com/ http://www.DiversityJobMarket.com/ The Power of Latinos In partnership with The New York Times ----- Your Message May Appear Below This Line