Why can't we stick to consistency ? PHP (classes, functions, interfaces, abstracts, etc) are all done the same way. What is the "need" of changing this ?
I see reasons like : - I don't like indentatation (Answer to that: PHP must make you quite sad then... and I can't imagine what python makes you feel like...) So I think what we should do here is either reassemble the ideas (That were of course lost since the initial discussions). - Why did we want to call it a package ? Simply because it behaves exactly like packages ? - Why do we decide to have a whole new way of declaring namespaces ? (IE: No braces) - Since we decided to have "namespaces" what is "so" bad about having nested namespaces? Do we want to be "that" different from others? I think having a solution that looks a lot like other software languages is something that will not only bring us users but also bring us a lot of love from other language developers (when they have to use PHP (because yes, some have to use other languages)). Greg came up with a pretty good patch for multiple namespaces per file. However it does not follow the "PHP Coding Practices" - In terms of style and characters used. Greg? Stas? Dmitry? Could we get a "resume" of the backstage talks you guys spoke about? I'm sure you did so just a little taste to inform us all of "why" we decided to change PHP's general syntax would be awesome :) Thanks, D -- PHP Internals - PHP Runtime Development Mailing List To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
