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To: "'Sebastian Bergmann'" <sebastian@php.net>,
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Date: Wed, 3 Dec 2003 10:39:10 +0100
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Subject: RE: [PHP-DEV] Re: [PHP-CVS] cvs: php-src / CODING_STANDARDS 
From: smith@backendmedia.com ("Lukas Smith")
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> From: admin [mailto:admin] On Behalf Of Sebastian Bergmann
> Sent: Wednesday, December 03, 2003 10:36 AM
 
> Derick Rethans wrote:
> > -[6] Method names follow the 'studlyCaps'
> 
>   This is insane.
> 
>   Whether you like it or not, most people who use programming languages
>   that support the paradigm of object-orientation use studlyCaps (or
>   whatever you want to call them).
> 
>   I think it is not a good idea to separate PHP from the rest of the world
>   like this.

Ok so it seems that the CS was just reverted (apparently Derick actually
intended to have reverted the CS much earlier).

I guess we have the "its ugly" and "its harder to read" on one side.
And the "it's the OO standard", "it is easier to read for OO code" and "it
breaks compatibility with PEAR" on the other side. Since Marcus patch there
are no technical reasons anymore (since we can now preserve case in error
messages etc).

However I think everybody on the "suckyCaps" side needs to ask themselves if
they don't happen to be against this because they think OO sucks. And if
that is the case maybe they shouldn't tell the people that do intent to use
the OO API's that they should look like the good ol functional APIs.

Regards,
Lukas