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Date: Sun, 8 Mar 2015 10:39:04 +0900
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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] [Discussion] Deprecate function sizeof()
From: yohgaki@ohgaki.net (Yasuo Ohgaki)

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Hi all,

On Sun, Mar 8, 2015 at 5:41 AM, Stanislav Malyshev <smalyshev@gmail.com>
wrote:

> > I'd like to deprecate function: sizeof() [1][2], which is an alias of
> > count(). some people
> > expect it return the memory size of the variable.
>
> Why? So, some people are wrong, why we need to mess with the language to
> accommodate them?
> I don't think it is a good idea.


The same opinion. Unless there are good enough reasons, these aliases
should be kept. If "Consistent function names" RFC passes, aliases will be
listed in main function page only. It may reduce confusions hopefully.

Regards,

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Yasuo Ohgaki
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