Newsgroups: php.internals Path: news.php.net Xref: news.php.net php.internals:99294 Return-Path: Mailing-List: contact internals-help@lists.php.net; run by ezmlm Delivered-To: mailing list internals@lists.php.net Received: (qmail 34649 invoked from network); 31 May 2017 12:35:10 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO lists.php.net) (127.0.0.1) by localhost with SMTP; 31 May 2017 12:35:10 -0000 Authentication-Results: pb1.pair.com smtp.mail=rowan.collins@gmail.com; spf=pass; sender-id=pass Authentication-Results: pb1.pair.com header.from=rowan.collins@gmail.com; sender-id=pass Received-SPF: pass (pb1.pair.com: domain gmail.com designates 74.125.82.48 as permitted sender) X-PHP-List-Original-Sender: rowan.collins@gmail.com X-Host-Fingerprint: 74.125.82.48 mail-wm0-f48.google.com Received: from [74.125.82.48] ([74.125.82.48:38274] helo=mail-wm0-f48.google.com) by pb1.pair.com (ecelerity 2.1.1.9-wez r(12769M)) with ESMTP id F5/DB-43873-E78BE295 for ; Wed, 31 May 2017 08:35:10 -0400 Received: by mail-wm0-f48.google.com with SMTP id e127so18017487wmg.1 for ; Wed, 31 May 2017 05:35:10 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20161025; h=date:user-agent:in-reply-to:references:mime-version :content-transfer-encoding:subject:to:from:message-id; bh=O1P/9kst2lW+hCgwG5Vi52A8BNL3x278SqtQMxEjW7M=; b=gKzOZmG99u6KMDxwanp37Wagpm9fFTBwTjj6VeHnINC048VSPOmD8I80DuaRF743LI bmAeNLRvo+ZZYflQvIFAKaLlsBLnNPUPhih6lOLaqp9RKhgKKzytGznKC60AmxvIQYos 3gTVMa6dpoZ3VpdCdfh5QYPbe2bbetU17l0HW6oLBVQx2aigf5IAVOZ2LIkVEkHll1dW GZj0CmiPphwXHPGVxttBVPRilSczDLgXP6VbxZWXbVGLFRffi1dnsCwd5qu35sIaYReN sKblGZOW7m7SdtPW1lyN9qyc73h2d4s0c8GHA8UmT1KTra3oYcqmQappn7qMWXYpeDPK tDrg== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:date:user-agent:in-reply-to:references :mime-version:content-transfer-encoding:subject:to:from:message-id; bh=O1P/9kst2lW+hCgwG5Vi52A8BNL3x278SqtQMxEjW7M=; b=sm/7nmvJ2fWP3LiDc+7lP2swbCDosWcnSUg9+ge0bPl3+OhZyklf0aXUDQTXIYunFn x12zvHwPKgfXLUPZYFmmnotAo7nJLs3sHaiMScvo2SresQ5ncbyoz8946pEgBXLGrME1 B3EdCEHOY75qPegds6bKgmrvEPMXmNcrhE6e8JdzKtKfp+hC4IFrchpriyDxT0JDaC0S KP0Pf8rmGKImyGd4ZoQUtejHBk1u5QJkeYayHYbyTktjpV4/B8lSCN2Ml7Z6DUyHLCtx GObdmYRd7F5lBQyyqjzChZeVD5NPAk0EeVH3Gdj327VVVD/gX/T4oZYhpfpAhiZVeu0s 6vJw== X-Gm-Message-State: AODbwcDYveJIB84AS96PMv3rSmaNyMxV65R7zaR4KJjiIR0YzmTk75Xs z0WxvU3XTsmtota5PsE= X-Received: by 10.28.234.221 with SMTP id g90mr5551895wmi.103.1496234107307; Wed, 31 May 2017 05:35:07 -0700 (PDT) Received: from [10.61.77.213] (188.29.165.101.threembb.co.uk. [188.29.165.101]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id g7sm5437994wrb.52.2017.05.31.05.35.06 for (version=TLS1_2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 bits=128/128); Wed, 31 May 2017 05:35:06 -0700 (PDT) Date: Wed, 31 May 2017 13:35:03 +0100 User-Agent: K-9 Mail for Android In-Reply-To: References: <9dffe898-e550-c6d6-46bd-86dcf74735ea@fleshgrinder.com> <9652e487-86e7-20b7-ca1f-bd28a94f514b@gmail.com> <86dba466-a764-522b-6990-39fd7668a79c@fleshgrinder.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable To: internals@lists.php.net Message-ID: Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] Class Naming in Core From: rowan.collins@gmail.com (Rowan Collins) On 31 May 2017 10:26:06 BST, Tony Marston wrote= : >wrote in message=20 >news:86dba466-a764-522b-6990-39fd7668a79c@fleshgrinder=2Ecom=2E=2E=2E >I should point out that snake_case was the universal standard decades >before=20 >some people switched to CamelCase=2E [citation needed] Lisp, for instance, uses hyphens to separate words, and has don't since th= e 1950s=2E > That was only because some software >could=20 >not handle long names, but could handle both upper and lower case, so >an=20 >upper case character was used instead of an underscore=2E [citation needed] I'm sorry, but this smells of folklore and guesswork to me=2E Both undersc= ores and mixed case are workarounds for the inability to include spaces in = identifiers, and have their pros and cons, most of which these days come do= wn to opinions on aesthetics=2E Regards, --=20 Rowan Collins [IMSoP]