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latentsea
32 days ago
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Open Sourcing DOS 4
sunset() triggers me due to all the times I've seen companies "sunset" APIs only to still have them in production 5 years later.
Let's change it to cancelled()
randomdata
32 days ago
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cancelled() makes it seem as if PHP is a sexual predator – which may be the case, but as a matter of course...
How about goodbye()?
mikestew
32 days ago
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We shouldn’t be using judgemental words like “good” and “bad”. Let’s use bye().
elwell
32 days ago
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goodbye() could offend someone whose father "went out to get a pack of smokes" and never came back
latentsea
31 days ago
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Ok, let's change it to fetchmilk()
randomdata
31 days ago
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Bound to offend someone who found out their father was the milkman.
Make it idontevenknowanymore()
latentsea
30 days ago
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Ok... null() it is then!
handojin
32 days ago
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seems lacking in gratitude. how about kthxbye()?
exe34
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This is double plus good.
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Let's change it to cancelled()