> >>>All files should be lowercased, and all new docs should follow the > >>>new doc style. > >> > >>Is the new doc style "official"? Or still be to considered as rfc? > >>The dochowto says: Do not implement this style yet! > >><cite> > >>And we're introducing a new doc skeleton where multiple refsect1's are > >>used, as well as a lot more entities. Names in ALLCAPS would be changed > >>so for example RETURNTYPE would instead be bool, string, etc. Here's a > >>draft using example_func() as an example. Do not implement this style > >>yet! There are also reftitles for classes, constructors, and methods. An > >>OOP doc skeleton will be written in the future. reftitles are located in > >>language-defs.ent. > >></cite> > >> > >>curious ;-) > > > > > > Don't read the HOWTO, it's outdated :) The new style is almost done > > with basically only one remaining item...have a look here: > > > > http://wiki.phpdoc.info/DocSkel > > > > Just today I asked Goba to look into the constants issue, I gave up > > on doing it [well]. > > One may not consider http://wiki.phpdoc.info/DocSkel as a place to look > how to write documentation. > As you said, the new style is not yet finished (because the constants > issue) how can we force people to follow the new doc style? > So the question remains: is it common agreement, is it finished, or will > there be significant changes? > > I thought the dochowto is the place where the relevant infos should be > in? ;-) > > No, I am not against the new doc style, but your info provided above can > not be found easily and http://wiki.phpdoc.info/ is just a nice > playground, no? > > Do not get me wrong, I don't mind if people set up things like > http://wiki.phpdoc.info/ (it is really nice, I know that site) but we > can not expect people to know http://wiki.phpdoc.info/ as a place to > look how to document things.
It will go in the HOWTO when finished. Several new documentated extensions follow the new style, and countless emails have gone through this list on the topic. The issue of constants is a small part of the new style and certainly not a holdup in terms of using it versus the old style. It's a difference of rewriting the entire extensions documentation, or, a few constant changes. Regards, Philip