Re: [PHP-DEV] Re: [PHP-QA] convention about function naming II From: Andi Gutmans (andi <email protected>)
Date: 12/19/00

I really want these name changes to make it into 4.0.4 or we'll be left
with backwards compatibility problems when releasing 4.0.5.
Sascha, I think we should have one last RC. We will end up having to keep
two versions of the function names which sucks.

Andi

At 13:02 19/12/00 +0100, Hartmut Holzgraefe wrote:

>i've now changed the developement branch accordingly
>(including the regression tests)
>
>what is the current policy regarding the RC-Branch?
>
>
>Zeev Suraski wrote:
> >
> > Yes, definitely.
> >
> > Zeev
> >
> > At 18:25 18/12/2000, Andi Gutmans wrote:
> > >I prefer making function name changes *before* people use them. Also
> > >you're unlikely to break stuff. I would put it in 4.0.4.
> > >
> > >Andi
> > >
> > >At 15:40 18/12/00 +0100, Hartmut Holzgraefe wrote:
> > >>ctype is an execption in that it provides some functions that are
> > >>in very common use in C so that they might perhpas deserve to keep
> > >>their names that we are all used to,
> > >>
> > >>but on the other hand they do collide with the variable information
> > >>functions like isset() or is_string()
> > >>
> > >>so i did want to rename theese to ctype_*() but didn't make it in time
> > >>before the 4.0.4RCs where rolled out, so it's C-ish style for now
> > >>
> > >>but both the README and the EXPERIMENTAL files in ext/ctype say that
> > >>changes may still happen, so it's not finally decided yet ...
> > >>(thats what the EXPERIMENTAL files are for anyway ...)
>
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