Hi!
Can anybody come up with a good case for why functions and constant
should be 'thrown out with the bath water' ?
I can name two:
1. Most (not all, I know, but most) of the use cases for namespaces are
in the OO realm, and most of the problems they are to serve come from
that realm too. So at least initially most of the active users, which
wait for it impatiently, are OO users, and classes are the thing the
care the most about.
2. Everything becomes so much simpler with only classes. Classes and
functions have very different usage patterns in PHP, so if we try to
serve them both we inevitably encounter some "inconsistencies" in how
they are served, because of the different usage patterns, which may be a
problem for some purists. I personally don't care too much for
"inconsistencies" if they serve the user - i.e. allow to do useful
things easier - but I know there are other approaches.
Please note that doesn't mean we _must_ drop them - I am just presenting
the argument for it, I am aware of the existence of the arguments
against too.
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