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From: Date: Sat Dec 28 03:43:33 2013
Subject: Re: [PHP6] Function name consistency
References: 1 2  Groups: php.internals 
On 28.12.2013 09:06, Hannes Magnusson wrote:
> On Fri, Dec 27, 2013 at 10:57 PM, Yasuo Ohgaki <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> There are many functions that violate this for historical reason.
>> Since PHP has function alias feature by default, function names that
>> violate this standard could be renamed and keep historic names as aliases.
>>
>
>
> There was a fork at some point (few months (years?) ago) that tried
> something like that.. Noone cared.
>
> I have a local alias list='ls' cause I never remember that command to
> list the contents of a directory.
> I tried to fix it upstream, but ...
>
>
> -Hannes
>
When redesigning for PHP6, shouldn't most functions move to a class or 
namespace in the first place?

But even if you restrict it to better names, it's a step forward I 
appreciate.

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