Re: Resurrecting the Function Renaming Thread

On Wed, Feb 07, 2001 at 03:37:35PM -0700, Zak Greant wrote: > Sascha Schumann wrote: > [snip] > > > If I terribly simplify the matter, there are basically > two > > > different approaches: > > > > There are more approaches. Finding creative solutions > is > > what the people involved in this thread should do > IMHO. > > True - however, I think that we should start by doing > the > simple work that everyone agrees should be done. > > Having something practical to focus on should help keep > the > effort from expiring before ever producing fruit. I am > sure > that as we get our hands dirty with creating solutions, > we > will think of creative ways to fix the more contentious > issues. :) Something practical? Look at the function names for mysql_* and the aliases. And then compare it with the pg_* function names. With the MySQL functions it was some years ago possible, to introduce a new consistend naming scheme. All function names for MySQL which have been real functions in PHP/FI are now aliases and doumented as such. Since 1997 there haven't been much effort to use a consistend naming scheme. Most authors of extensions adopted it and there should only affected some very old extenstions. I don't see any need to change something with the standard functions. Can you remember the change from ii_* to ingres_* ? Since I have improved the function prototypes the last years. It would be nice if someone can complete the protos. To find the missing protos, look at Hartmut's http://www.zugeschaut-und-mitgebaut.de/php or http://zend.com/phpfunc. -Egon -- http://www.linuxtag.de/ http://php.net/books.php http://www.concert-band.de/ http://www.php-buch.de/