Re: Direction for the Function Renaming Effort

From: Date: Wed, 07 Feb 2001 02:21:23 +0000
Subject: Re: Direction for the Function Renaming Effort
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+1 At 03:08 7.2. 2001, Zeev Suraski wrote the following: -------------------------------------------------------------- >I don't particularly like str_tok() kind of functions. > >My view is that standard C-like functions should remain with their standard names, and not added >aliases that only add underscores. The reason for this is simple - the C function names are >extremely short, and they don't only save in the underscores, but in the words themselves. For >instance, if we were to add a human-readable version of strtok(), it should probably be something >like string_tokenize() or str_tokenize(). > >If we're adding aliases, let's not limit ourselves to just adding underscores, but >actually try to make them readable... > >Zeev ------end of quote------ ____________________________________________________________ Cynic: A member of a group of ancient Greek philosophers who taught that virtue constitutes happiness and that self control is the essential part of virtue. cynic@mail.cz

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