On Fri, Oct 28, 2022 at 12:30 PM Joshua Rüsweg via internals < internals@lists.php.net> wrote:
> Hello! > > [As Larry kindly pointed out to me, I only sent the email to Larry and > not to the mailing list.] > > > "Alphabet" here still, to me, implies a character set, not a byte > stream. Maybe getBytesFromString? getBytesFromList? getBytesFrom() > (because you're getting it "from" the string that's provided, so you don't > need another noun there.)? > > > > I'm not opposed to the functionality, but "alphabet" doesn't seem like > the right word for it. > > I'm not really happy with the name either and was hoping for some > suggestions. `getBytesFrom` sounds incomplete to me. `getBytesFromList` > sounds to me as if an array is being passed there and not a string. > `getBytesFromString` sounds good to me, though. Better than > `getBytesfromAlphabet`! > > Cheers > > Joshua Rüsweg > Not to try and bikeshed further, but wouldn't `getBytesFromChars` or `getBytesFromCharList` be more clear while being nearly as accurate? Jordan
