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Date: Sun, 26 Jan 2014 23:57:07 +0000
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To: Stas Malyshev <smalyshev@sugarcrm.com>
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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] PHP and case-sensitivity inconsistency in PHP 6
From: daverandom@php.net (Chris Wright)

On 26 January 2014 23:36, Stas Malyshev <smalyshev@sugarcrm.com> wrote:
> What would function_exists('Foo') return when foo() is defined?
>
> If false, then this code:
>
> if (!function_exists('Foo')) {
>   function Foo() { ... }
> }
>
> would not work. If true, then this code:
>
> if(function_exists('Foo')) {
>   Foo();
> }

This point is both valid and annoying :-P
This indeed cannot work.

> My opinion is if we go case-sensitive, it must be full case sensitivity,
> no exceptions.

Given the above, +1

Thanks, Chris