[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Perhaps this has already been proposed and I missed it as I'm new to the list, but why not set a release in the future, say PHP8, in which there will be no holds barred about breaking bc? Everyone would know that this upcomming release would be the one that resolves all inconsistencies with lots of time to debate them and get ready for the upgrade, and meanwhile people who complain could be told to wait for release x and told where they can give their opinion about styles etc.
Ok, so I know this is already close to a flamewar and I don't mean to add to that, but how difficult would it be to select a naming scheme, shove all the functions into and alias the non-conforming names to those functions. New code would be consistent, old code would work. And then at PHP 8 or so the old versions could be totally scrapped.
I'm probably missing some basic impediment to doing this and I'd appreciate it being pointed out to me - with or without a smiley ;).
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