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 say this with no degree of sarcasm or ill-will: Create a formal proposal.
Write up precisely what functions you would rename, how you would rename them, and what else would be involved in your plan to "clean up the function list". Bear in mind factors such as documentation and backward compatability in your proposal. Remember that PHP is a community based project and it only grows and changes with the input of the members of that community.
Will your proposal be met with resistence? Certainly. Such an undertaking represents no small amount of effort and a no less pain when the final BC break occurs. It does however, stand a much better chance of being seriously considered if the implications appear to be well thought out and planned for with a reasoned and lasting approach.
-Sara
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