Re: some thoughts about php 6

From: Date: Tue, 28 Jan 2014 14:46:35 +0000
Subject: Re: some thoughts about php 6
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Pierre,
On 28.01.2014 16:32, Pierre Joye wrote:
hi, While reading the various discussions about what we should change, kill, remove, rename and similar operations, I thought it would be good to put things back in perspective. It is indeed very appealing to think about killing every single little annoyances PHP has accumulated. The idea to be able to write "nice and clean" code makes me feel good. However it has drawback, adoption. One thing I would very strongly consider is the actual gains brought by a change. - rename or alias functions to fulfill our naming conventions or coding standards . where is the gain in the long term? . most of the functions are procedural and string/array/scalar related. I would prefer to think about alternative solutions like the NIkic's proposal using OO-like APIs. Keeps BC, brings cleaner APIs into the game - Case sensitivity . Even with ini setting, which will be most likely system wild, will bring a major breakage for almost every single app out there. I do not see any gain to do it.
Amen! Andrey

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