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Date: Thu, 30 Jan 2014 04:33:58 +0900
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To: Nikita Popov <nikita.ppv@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] Re: [PHP6] Function name consistency
From: yohgaki@ohgaki.net (Yasuo Ohgaki)

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Hi all,

On Thu, Jan 30, 2014 at 4:04 AM, Nikita Popov <nikita.ppv@gmail.com> wrote:

> > Hi!
> >
> > > Compare: `$str = str_replace('-', '_', $str);`
> > >
> > > To:      `$str = $str->replace('-', '_');`
> > >
> > > Or: `$keys = array_keys($array);`
> > >
> > > To: `$keys = $array->keys();`
> > >
> > > I think it looks a lot cleaner, self-explaining, shorter, and if you
> > > are used to write OOP, it fits better to the rest of your code.
> >
> > I think it has very little difference and entirely a matter of personal
> > taste. But the thing is - nobody prevents anybody from writing an
> > extension that does string ops or array ops as an object. Yet it did not
> > happen in last 10 years, AFAIK.
> >
>
> https://github.com/nikic/scalar_objects
>
> Also, the point of doing this is not the nicer syntax, but the opportunity
> to improve the APIs in a reasonable fashion (no countless aliases).


and/or

https://wiki.php.net/rfc/autoboxing

I think aliases would not  be countless.
It could be added matter of hours for all functions in php-src.
Discussion for choosing proper name could be timeless :)

Regards,

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Yasuo Ohgaki
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