Newsgroups: php.internals Path: news.php.net Xref: news.php.net php.internals:31578 Return-Path: Mailing-List: contact internals-help@lists.php.net; run by ezmlm Delivered-To: mailing list internals@lists.php.net Received: (qmail 3133 invoked by uid 1010); 15 Aug 2007 13:43:29 -0000 Delivered-To: ezmlm-scan-internals@lists.php.net Delivered-To: ezmlm-internals@lists.php.net Received: (qmail 3118 invoked from network); 15 Aug 2007 13:43:28 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO lists.php.net) (127.0.0.1) by localhost with SMTP; 15 Aug 2007 13:43:28 -0000 Authentication-Results: pb1.pair.com smtp.mail=addw@phcomp.co.uk; spf=pass; sender-id=pass Authentication-Results: pb1.pair.com header.from=addw@phcomp.co.uk; sender-id=pass Received-SPF: pass (pb1.pair.com: domain phcomp.co.uk designates 213.152.38.186 as permitted sender) X-PHP-List-Original-Sender: addw@phcomp.co.uk X-Host-Fingerprint: 213.152.38.186 freshmint.phcomp.co.uk Linux 2.5 (sometimes 2.4) (4) Received: from [213.152.38.186] ([213.152.38.186:61127] helo=mint.phcomp.co.uk) by pb1.pair.com (ecelerity 2.1.1.9-wez r(12769M)) with ESMTP id A3/F1-22514-DF203C64 for ; Wed, 15 Aug 2007 09:43:27 -0400 Received: from addw by mint.phcomp.co.uk with local (Exim 4.67) (envelope-from ) id 1ILJ9e-0003E7-ET; Wed, 15 Aug 2007 14:43:22 +0100 Date: Wed, 15 Aug 2007 14:43:22 +0100 To: Lukas Kahwe Smith Cc: PHP Developers Mailing List Message-ID: <20070815134322.GK7300@mint.phcomp.co.uk> References: <46C30190.2060106@pooteeweet.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <46C30190.2060106@pooteeweet.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i Organization: Parliament Hill Computers Ltd Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] reserved word alert From: addw@phcomp.co.uk (Alain Williams) On Wed, Aug 15, 2007 at 03:37:20PM +0200, Lukas Kahwe Smith wrote: > Hi, > > Someone in the Doctrine channel just brought up the issue of having to > look forward to ensure mid term compatibility when choosing names for > identifiers. I guess with namespaces and other things will add new > reserved words. I think we should have a prominent place on php.net with > early warning for reserved words that will be in future php releases. No future reserved word will contain a capital letter (unless it is entirely caps - constant). So: nice simple rule - include a capital letter in all your variable/function/... names. -- Alain Williams Linux Consultant - Mail systems, Web sites, Networking, Programmer, IT Lecturer. +44 (0) 787 668 0256 http://www.phcomp.co.uk/ Parliament Hill Computers Ltd. Registration Information: http://www.phcomp.co.uk/contact.php Chairman of UKUUG: http://www.ukuug.org/ #include