Re: [PHP-DOC] Casing function names: Conclusion = ? From: eschmid+sic <email protected>
Date: 05/22/01

On Wed, May 23, 2001 at 01:27:18AM +0200, jeroen <email protected> wrote:

> All function names in the docs should be lowercase for consistence. No
> matter where in the sentence, or how unreadable the function will be.

I'm against this. It would result in unreadable and bad to
remember function names.
 
> For unreadable func-names, a longer-term renaming would be nice. But
> first, get the manual lowercase. Then those php.dev guys will just need
> to rename, because we are NOT going to write it mixed case anymore
> for readability.

I would recommend to make aliases in the source code first. After that we
should the change the function names in the manuals.

> Just only react if you strongly disagree. If nobody strongly disagrees,
> I'll commit the changes somewhere in the next week. Thanks to Torben's
> script, and including the <refentry> stuff etc.

I have nothing against Torben, he has also read about my fight with some
core developers and now the mysql_*() functions are more readable. You can
also use the old syntax. The original functions havent been removed yet.

-Egon 

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