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Date: Tue, 7 Jun 2011 16:15:52 -0500
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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] Callable type
From: dukeofgaming@gmail.com (dukeofgaming)

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+1 for "callable", it is really more consistent.

On Tue, Jun 7, 2011 at 3:44 PM, Matthew Weier O'Phinney <
weierophinney@php.net> wrote:

> On 2011-06-07, David Z=FClke <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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