> If PHP has macro or userspace aliasing! > This is one possible solution for this.
The engine has support for aliases. See http://php.net/manual/en/internals2.ze1.zendapi.php If I thought this “consistency” was very important (I do not, and I fully expect an RFC on this to fail if this thread ever gets to that point), here’s what I would do: 1) map out the entire inconsistency, including existing function names and parameter order, and new names + parameter orders 2) write a PHP extension that does a whole bunch of ZEND_FALIAS to satisfy this new convention 3) attempt to get others to use this new conventions and the extension 4) once this extension has a few thousand, maybe tens of thousands of users, bring the conversation back to Internals with some actual evidence that this works and is wanted #1 will take a long time, and it will be lots of work #2 is likely very easy once #1 is done (generate the aliasing code) #3 and #4 are questionable at best, but at least after #2, you’ll have your own unique consistency (if such a thing can exist) Until these things happen, I can’t see this gaining any real support from any significant number of people with commit/merge access (RFC voters). S -- PHP Internals - PHP Runtime Development Mailing List To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
