Re: some thoughts about php 6

From: Date: Wed, 29 Jan 2014 03:05:54 +0000
Subject: Re: some thoughts about php 6
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Hi Pierre,

On Tue, Jan 28, 2014 at 11:32 PM, Pierre Joye <[email protected]> wrote:

> 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
>

I agree it's nicer.
My only concern is that the same discussion was done about 10 years
ago and still don't have them. We may be able to clean up string/array
functions. However it seems odds are high that we still have live legacy
names
around next 10 years or more especially in modules...

Regards,

--
Yasuo Ohgaki
[email protected]


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