[PHP-DEV] Tidying up the language

2001-07-02 Thread Phil Driscoll
In the light of Zend's proposal for a version 2 of the Zend Engine, now is probably a good time to discuss whether we can and/or should use the opportunity to also tidy up the language along the lines we discussed on this list a few months ago namely: Make function names case sensitive (and

Re: [PHP-DEV] Tidying up the language

2001-07-02 Thread Cynic
Hi Phil, it's nice to hear I'm not the one who still thinks about this stuff. At 12:04 7/2/2001, Phil Driscoll wrote the following: -- In the light of Zend's proposal for a version 2 of the Zend Engine, now is probably a good time

Re: [PHP-DEV] Tidying up the language

2001-07-02 Thread Zak Greant
Howdy Phil, Phil wrote: In the light of Zend's proposal for a version 2 of the Zend Engine, now is probably a good time to discuss whether we can and/or should use the opportunity to also tidy up the language along the lines we discussed on this list a few months ago namely: Make function

Re: [PHP-DEV] Tidying up the language

2001-07-02 Thread Jani Taskinen
On Mon, 2 Jul 2001, Phil Driscoll wrote: Make function names case sensitive (and all lower case) Rename functions to make them consistent Address the order of arguments to functions so that needles and haystacks are consistent Adding these to the BBC-TODO: - Remove deprecated / not maintained

Re: [PHP-DEV] Tidying up the language

2001-07-02 Thread Gavin Sherry
Hi guys, I agree that, given a new Zend engine, it is the best of times to rework the language. I think Phil is right in pointing out that all functions/extensions need to be implemented along standardised lines. It would be best if, once there is concensus on such a frame work, it were set in