Hello Bob, it is only awkward because you want to turn php into c++. We are a different language here and thus can chose any separator that works for us. And neither : nor :: work. Instead from keeping us from working by having to explain this over and over and over again i suggest you show me a working patch that does not break trillions of php scripts.
marcus Saturday, November 26, 2005, 3:36:42 AM, you wrote: > For what its worth (not much), I'd rather give up namespace constants and > use : rather than enforce whitespace which is just BAD from a language > perspective. Makes it feel like programming in bash. The concept behind > namespaces (in PHP at least) is rooted in OOP, so requiring a class just to > have constants in your namespace isn't too much to ask for. The parser > should always be able to handle <namespace>:<class>::<whatever> and not > conflict with other syntax. > If we are truly stuck with \ so be it, but I think alternatives with some > level of compromise should be considered before \ is settled upon. It's just > plain awkward IMO. > Bob Silva >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Christian Schneider [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Sent: Friday, November 25, 2005 4:42 PM >> To: Marcus Boerger >> Cc: PHP internals >> Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] Re: PHP 5.1 (Or How to break tousands of apps out >> there) >> >> Marcus Boerger wrote: >> > here again namespaces would be perfect. Given a lib that doesn't >> prefix >> > you'd simply do: >> > namespace LibNameHere { reqire "some_lib_include"; } >> > and be done...wohooo :-) >> >> Only if newly introduced PHP core classes use a namespace too. You'll >> have to use PHP\Date (or the like) if you want to avoid conflicts in >> existing code. Plus maybe something like "import PHP\Date as Date" or >> something along these lines if you want to avoid PHP\ in newly written >> code where you know that there is no Date class yet. >> >> PS: I'd rather have : for namespaces with the whitespace restriction for >> ? a:x : b:y than the confusing (escaping characters outside of a >> string?) backslash. >> >> - Chris >> >> -- >> PHP Internals - PHP Runtime Development Mailing List >> To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php Best regards, Marcus -- PHP Internals - PHP Runtime Development Mailing List To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
