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Re:PHP functions originally bucketed by strlen, were renamed... by Someone on Monday December 16, 2013 @10:07PM (#6919347)
What about usability? "I wasn't too worried about not being able to remember the few function names." certainly indicates that usability decreased. That may have set a pattern for it getting broken, eventually.
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Re:PHP functions originally bucketed by strlen, were renamed... by skloubkov on Monday December 16, 2013 @10:42PM (#6919485)
This. I was implying that length of the string should mean length in characters, not bytes. This could lead to broken code and would require programmers to keep in mind both.

I have switched from php long ago, but remember odd naming conventions and frequent switch of parameters.

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