Marcus Boerger wrote:
> Hello Internals,
>
> we all were asked to stop discussing syntax of namespaces as we were told
> that we would decide after the namespace functionality was fully implemented.
> Now I think that the functionallity is pretty much settled we should
> revisit the syntax. We all have been very patient so far. Anyway here goes
> my take on it:
>
> PHP is very close to Java and C++ in terms of Syntax. And many of our users
> are familiar with one or even both of them. Also we have a tendency to
> especially take syntax from those two or be in line with those two
> languages. That said I see two ways:
>
> 1) namespace foo { }
This is acceptable if nothing can exist outside namespace foo {} except
declare and other namespace declarations.
>
> 2) package foo;
>
> I favor 1) if we allow namespace nesting and 2) if not. The current way of
> nesting is very confusing:
> namespace foo; namespace bar;
I prefer this syntax because it discourages multiple namespaces, but
still allows them (nesting is an inaccurate term in this case, I
strongly encourage not using it)
Greg
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