[FX.php List] Another Request for FX.php (version 4.0) feedback

[Derek Bastille]

Chris,
   One thing that might help would be to put all of the constants and 
definitions in a separate php file.  This way, anyone who needs to 
remember what they are only has to look in that file and it can be 
sourced by FX.php.  Something like FX_Const.php would be pretty easy to 
remember.  Now that I think of it, that might make it easier to adapt 
if someone wanted to update the constant names for a different 
locale...

Regards,
   Derek

On Jun 6, 2005, at 11:12 PM, Chris Hansen wrote:

> Dan,
>
> It's really just a matter of what's easier for different people to 
> remember.  Don't worry, the previous functions aren't going away, I'm 
> just trying to streamline things for some users.
>
> Thanks for the feedback!
>
> --Chris Hansen
>   creator of FX.php
>   "The best way from FileMaker to the Web."
>   www.iViking.org
>
> On Jun 6, 2005, at 8:34 AM, DC wrote:
>
>> Hello,
>>
>> Can someone please explain to me the benefits of using CONSTANTS as 
>> parameters? I can only see the pitfalls.
>>
>> It seems to me that it just puts a whole layer onto what was a set of 
>> simple functions. It also obscures the parameter type. It's also a 
>> bunch of new stuff to unlearn.learn without any payoff.
>>
>> Isn't it a better overall architecture to have a few apropriately 
>> named functions than to have a layer of CONSTANTS that need to be 
>> passed as parameters?
>>
>> By "simplifying" you've actually added one more function! Meaning, I 
>> still have to remember the CONSTANTS and now I have to remember the 
>> generic function name and the proper set of constants and whether 
>> they need to be passed, etc... etc...
>>
>> Please help me see the light. Why is this method of defining an API 
>> being pursued with FX.php?
>>
>>> * You'll note that now there's no need to remember multiple action 
>>> functions.  Each action constant should be logical to remember: 
>>> FX_OPEN, FX_CLOSE, FX_DELETE, FX_DUPLICATE, FX_EDIT, etc.  No 
>>> abbreviations.  Easy?
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