On Fri, 6 Jun 2003, Derick Rethans wrote:

> On Fri, 6 Jun 2003, John Coggeshall wrote:
> 
> > On Fri, 2003-06-06 at 15:33, Jani Taskinen wrote:
> > > 
> > >     Just document the preferred way to use any function.
> > >     Like in this case, the correct way is to use all parameters:
> > >
> > >     string implode (string glue, array pieces)
> > 
> > If the documentation points out more than one syntax, I consider it
> > confusing to not provide that optional syntax as one of the prototypes.
> 
> As Jani said, the *correct* way to use it is with both parameters, 
> document it as such. This is called 'education', something we do for 
> *our* users.

I struggle with an opinion on this as in one light it
should be properly documented, which would mean the two 
prototype definitions (to go along with the appropriate
<note>) but OTOH I'd rather nobody use this unfortunate 
functionality.

After some offlist discussions, it appears some others
also feel this new feature is a bit of a bug, and
maybe even worth removing in PHP 5.  That said, how
about we keep revision 1.9 and if removing the
functionality becomes a real possability (as discussed
by the php-dev team), then remove the <note> altogether.

Regards,
Philip



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