RE: [PHP-QA] Resurrecting the Function Renaming Thread

At 17:41 7.2. 2001, James Moore wrote the following: -------------------------------------------------------------- >> >DONT SCREW UP WHAT WORKS >> >> Actually, from my POV a language that has bin2hex, dechex and >> strtolower has been screwed up somewhat already. Whether this >> is one to one to C or not is not an issue for me, and for quite >> an amount of people who _don't_ have the C background. Lots of >> win32 PHP people have VBS background, not C, which is more >> common among the Unix nation. > >Well this is inconsistant naming and that is part of the cause yes but I >dont to type bin_to_hex when bin2hex is just a clear, dechex should really >be dec2hex and I agree that should be changed. What you are missing is >people already know PHP and it would be a very bad thing for people to have >to relearn it. when you begin to get Well, I'd prefer binhex or bintohex. :) That's why we're talking about it: we're just humans, and tend to think that our opinion is the right one (of course :), and that everybody else (except for the few difficult morons :) thinks the same. But it could be that either of us is wrong, and 70% PHP users would prefer the way we dislike. "It has been so for years" is _very_ strong argument, but in face of a general preference, it fades. I don't say I'm right or that more people would agree with me than with you. I just want to find out. ><?php > >.... >$var = mysql_fetch_array($res); >$new_var = math_binary_to_hexidecimal($var); >output_print_formatted_string("The Hexidecimal Value of $var is >%d",$new_var); > >?> Yes, this is very ugly. But is math_binhex impossible? (Nothing about my preference.) >OK thats taking it to an extreme but its ugly code keep it neat tidy and >short and dont touch functions people already know well. Yes rename >xsl_processfile to xsl_process_file (totally non existant function) but keep >PHP neat. Again, I'm glad there's someone with a different opinion. Because I can now ask: what is a "function people already know well"? It covers pack() for someone, while for someone else pack() might be totally alien. If you were the jury, would you allow aliasing OCI* functions? ____________________________________________________________ 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