> On Feb 17, 2020, at 6:42 AM, Kalle Sommer Nielsen <ka...@php.net> wrote:
> 
> Den man. 17. feb. 2020 kl. 01.25 skrev Mike Schinkel <m...@newclarity.net>:
>> Though still not exactly sure where you are headed with it since there are 
>> few detailed and no code examples the first name that comes to mind for me 
>> would be get_real_type().
> 
> "real" is a type in PHP (tho we are phasing that out, see is_real()
> and the (real)-cast), so that name would most likely make it more
> confusing to userland.

Certainly.  

I picked "real" because of realpath(), but that was just the first thing that 
came to mind. 

My intent was to propose using a name describing function vs. envisioned 
use-case, and others have made good naming suggestions.

-Mike
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