This should answer your question:
https://github.com/php/php-src/pull/947#issuecomment-224912697
On Tue, Sep 22, 2020 at 7:38 AM Olle Härstedt <olleharst...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> 2020-09-21 21:50 GMT, Rowan Tommins <rowan.coll...@gmail.com>:
> > On 21/09/2020 17:13, Michael Morris wrote:
> >> Next thing to consider - we have the problem of having already used the
> >> protected keyword in PHP, and honestly I prefer PHP's interpretation of
> >> the
> >> word.
> >
> >
> > I think it's actually Java that's the outlier here: PHP's meaning of
> > "protected" corresponds directly to C++, and to name a few I came upon
> > in a quick search it's also used that way by Kotlin [1], Scala [2], C#
> > [3] and Oxygene [4] - all of which use other ways to signal package
> > visibility:
> >
> > - Kotlin has a fourth visibility, "internal", meaning "public within
> > this module"
> > - Scala has an interesting syntax where you can modify the visibility
> > with the name of a package, as in "private[SomePackage]"
> > - C# adds *three* extra visibility modes: "internal", "internal
> > protected", and "private protected"
> > - Oxygene (a language I know next to nothing about) apparently has no
> > fewer than TEN modes, including both "assembly or protected" and
> > "assembly and protected"
> >
> >
> > All of which I think shows two things: firstly, that there are lots of
> > different ways to express this concept; and secondly, that there are a
> > lot of subtle combinations that might be useful.
> >
> > The C# list is particularly confusing, presumably because it's evolved
> > without a coherent plan. If I'm understanding correctly, C#'s "private
> > protected" corresponds to Oxygene's much clearer "assembly and
> > protected", while "protected internal" corresponds to "assembly or
> > protected". Considering those combinations up front might be sensible,
> > even if they're not implemented at once.
> >
> >
> > If we're considering using namespaces rather than a new package concept
> > for this, we potentially have a third dimension: is it private to _this
> > exact namespace_, or any "child" namespace starting with the same
> > prefix? Maybe something like Scala's modifier syntax might be more
> > useful, for instance:
> >
> > namespace Acme\Frobulator\Helpers\File;
> > class FileWidget {
> > private[namespace] $foo; // accessible specifically in the
> > "Acme\Frobulator\Helpers\File" namespace
> > private[Acme\Frobulator\Helpers\File\*] $bar; // accessible in this
> > namespace, and all sub-namespaces
> > private[Acme\Frobulator\*] $baz; // accessible in "Acme\Frobulator"
> > and all its sub-namespaces
> > }
> >
> >
> > [1] https://kotlinlang.org/docs/reference/visibility-modifiers.html
> > [2] https://www.tutorialspoint.com/scala/scala_access_modifiers.htm
> > [3]
> > https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/csharp/programming-guide/classes-and-structs/access-modifiers
> > [4]
> > https://docs.elementscompiler.com/Oxygene/Members/VisibilityLevels/structs/access-modifiers
> >
> >
> > Regards,
> >
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> > Rowan Tommins (né Collins)
> > [IMSoP]
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>
> All good ideas, but I still don't know if PHP is aware of current
> namespace at all time? Anyone has this knowledge? It's a precondition
> to check namespace access.
>
> Olle
>
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