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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] Callable type
From: weierophinney@php.net (Matthew Weier O'Phinney)

On 2011-06-07, David Zülke <david.zuelke@bitextender.com> wrote:
> On 07.06.2011, at 22:31, Stas Malyshev wrote:
>
> > Hi!
> > > callback is callable, the opposite could not be true.  a string
> > > --or a closure-- is callable, but the string is not a callback
> > 
> According to our docs, which were out there for years, it is. One of
> the main and widespread complaints about PHP is the lack of any system
> in naming, design and documentation, it is sad to see how many people
> want to make it worse instead of making it better
>
> +1. I'm thinking it should be "callback", or the docs should be
> adjusted. "callable" arguably does make more sense, but either way, it
> needs to be consistent, that's what matters most.

Agreed, here. "callback" is the usage throughout the documentation to
refer to anything that passes is_callable(). 

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