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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] Flexible function naming
From: robert@cerny-online.com (Robert Cerny)

Tjerk Meesters wrote:
>>>> This small change would allow coding teams to create a consistent code
>>> base based on 'their' guidelines. Motto: "Have it your way!".
>>>
>>> No.
>>>
>>>   What is wrong with having a consistent code base all the way, also
>> covering legacy code? I consider this a pretty neat language feature.
> Consistency doesn't stop at how functions are named; there are enough
> functions that have an unintuitive order of function parameters, this isn't
> addressed in your proposal.
You are right. There is more reasons for the inconsistent appearance of 
a large PHP code base. The one that you mentioned is IMHO a major 
annoyance while authoring code, it is only minor when reading code, in 
particular if you keep the numbers of function arguments small.
> If it were just the naming you wish to address, I would suggest writing an
> extension first and see how that catches on.
Thanks, that is helpful. I look into that!

Robert