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Date: Tue, 28 Jan 2014 15:33:11 +0100
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Subject: Re: some thoughts about php 6
From: pierre.php@gmail.com (Pierre Joye)

clicked too early, more to come, but feel free to reply to this part alreay :)

On Tue, Jan 28, 2014 at 3:32 PM, Pierre Joye <pierre.php@gmail.com> wrote:
> hi,
>
> While reading the various discussions about what we should change,
> kill, remove, rename and similar operations, I thought it would be
> good to put things back in perspective.
>
> It is indeed very appealing to think about killing every single little
> annoyances PHP has accumulated. The idea to be able to write "nice and
> clean" code makes me feel good.
>
>
> However it has drawback, adoption.
>
> One thing I would very strongly consider is the actual gains brought
> by a change.
>
> - rename or alias functions to fulfill our naming conventions or
> coding standards
>   . where is the gain in the long term?
>   . most of the functions are procedural and string/array/scalar
> related. I would prefer to think about alternative solutions like the
> NIkic's proposal using OO-like APIs. Keeps BC, brings cleaner APIs
> into the game
>
> - Case sensitivity
>   . Even with ini setting, which will be most likely system wild, will
> bring a major breakage for almost every single app out there. I do not
> see any gain to do it.
>
> --
> Pierre
>
> @pierrejoye | http://www.libgd.org



-- 
Pierre

@pierrejoye | http://www.libgd.org