Re: Revisiting case-sensitivity in PHP

From: Date: Fri, 14 Jun 2024 20:59:31 +0000
Subject: Re: Revisiting case-sensitivity in PHP
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On Friday, 14 June, 2024 at 23:19, Bilge <[email protected]> wrote:

> On 14/06/2024 15:56, Larry Garfield wrote:
>
> I agree that this sounds like a change with very unclear BC implications at best, and bad ones
> at worst, with dubious benefit.  Just how much performance would we gain from case sensitive class
> names?  If it's 20%, OK, sure, that may be worth whatever BC breaks that causes on the margins.
>  If it's 0.2%, then frankly, no, the PR cost of pissing off people who have to manage edge
> cases is not worth the hassle.
>
> At the moment, I'm leaning No on this change, because the cost/reward/backlash ratio is
> just not there to support it.
>
> --Larry Garfield
>
> Would be good to see some real-world metrics, whether or not they're the
> principal/only reason this might be a good change.
>
> Bilge
>
> Yes, I am working on this.
-- 
Valentin Udaltsov


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