Hi,

Am Samstag, den 07.10.2006, 18:56 +0200 schrieb Ralf Eggert:
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> is there a reason why the functions Zend_Config::asArray() and
> Zend_Db_Row::toArray() are not called the same?
> 
> Both functions return an array. So why not call them the same, either
> toArray() or asArray()?

I would prefer asArray() because I hope that someday PHP will provide
the __toString() magic function for every type, means __toArray(),
__toInteger(), __toFloat() and so on. Thus, having __toString() it seems
logically to call a function, which converts Foo to an Array, toArray().

Greets, Lars
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