Re: [PHP-PEAR] Net_SMTP

At 10:50 09/02/2001 -0500, Chuck Hagenbuch wrote:
>Quoting "Hellekin O. Wolf" <[email protected]>:
>
> > *** We're discussing renaming functions on php-qa...
>
>I take it backwards compatibility is being taken into consideration? =) And
>that someone will post a summary to php-dev before action is taken?
>
>-chuck
*** Sure...

To summarize for major issues :

         - "standard" functions borrowed from C and others (strpos, etc.) 
will remain asis
         so that experienced programmers in other languages can find the 
basic stuff.

         - all renamed functions will be aliased and a warning issued for 
programmers
         to notice that they're using the old naming scheme

         - the new naming scheme should be implemented over the next two 
major releases of PHP,
         namely 5.0 and 6.0... So we have some time to get this enforced.

         - Options to implement that include special compile-time options 
such as
         --with-strict-names or --with-loose-names...

         - We (QAT) also want to make sure that the new naming scheme is 
approved by the PHP Group
         and PEAR people.


Note that the issue of renaming PHP functions, as underlined by Zeev, is 
not really a big issue from the user point of view as some renaming as 
already be done transparently (he gave the example of PHP/FI functions that 
are still there but undocumented).

Anyway, the PEAR and DEV lists will receive an RFC for the renaming when it 
is issued.

If you want to participate in the discussion, please join the php-qa list 
and read the last few messages on the "Functions Renaming" threads.

hellekin