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For me the biggest stumbling block is always the inconsistency in the standard library of function calls. Without an IDE, I'd be constantly looking up function
by mrunkel 8y ago
For me the biggest stumbling block is always the inconsistency in the standard library of function calls.
Without an IDE, I'd be constantly looking up function names and parameter order.
Also, knowing which functions return a result and which modify a passed parameter is also problematic.
I wonder if a case couldn't be made for creating a new "standard library" that would operate alongside the existing one (for backwards compatibility).. A bit like mysql and mysqli....
- PunchTornado 8y agoI haven't coded without an IDE in 8 years. SO this is not an issue. The same can be said about Java, nobody would write all that glutter without an IDE...
- buboard 8y agoI use vim exclusively and tbh i would love a solution for this. it seems there are plugins for that, but i wonder whether they could become part of the official vim package.
- symlinkedtonull 8y agoMaybe just use a real IDE? Not sure why so many developers insist on hampering themselves for no good reason.
- buboard 8y agoi m honestly faster with vim , except for the times that i need to switch files etc.
- conradfr 8y agoThey kind of did with the SPL.
- TheAceOfHearts 8y agoFun fact: when PHP was starting off it used strlen() as its function hashing mechanism, that's why function names are the way they are [0]. [0] http://news.php.net/php.internals/70691 http://news.php.net/php.internals/70691