Hi! > Step 1: > I create a patch with the new aliases.
I don't see much wrong with old names - nobody remembers those names anyway, and once you use IDE or - for people that still type PHP code by banging two rocks together, like I sometimes do, the manual - it doesn't matter whether there is underscore there or not. Nobody expects those functions to read like a fine prose anyway :) > Step 2: > Merge the changes with next minor release of PHP 7.x. > Soft deprecation of old function names in the manual. There's no reason to either soft or hard deprecate old names. There's nothing wrong with these names or the code that uses them. Forcing people to change their code just because somebody likes names with underscores better is plain wrong. Believe me, there's plenty to do with any large PHP codebase project besides doing pointless changes like this. Especially if you want codebase that works from 5.5 to 7.x and beyond (and yes, that happens). Of course, if you like new names better, and they are introduced, you are welcome to use them, but that's as far as it should go. I am still kinda skeptical on the cost/benefit ratio, given how many new names are added, but maybe it's ok if people like it. But names already used in code should stay. -- Stas Malyshev smalys...@gmail.com -- PHP Internals - PHP Runtime Development Mailing List To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
