[PHP-DEV] Namespace separator constant
Hi, is there any reason why no namespace separator constant exists in PHP. I have many cases where I concatenate strings to a namespace. This ends up with many class constants like const NS_SEPARATOR = '\\'. A default PHP constant would be a better way to handle such cases. Greetings, Christian -- PHP Internals - PHP Runtime Development Mailing List To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP-DEV] Namespace separator constant
On Tue, Aug 10, 2010 at 21:56, Christian Kaps christian.k...@mohiva.com wrote: Hi, is there any reason why no namespace separator constant exists in PHP. I have many cases where I concatenate strings to a namespace. This ends up with many class constants like const NS_SEPARATOR = '\\'. A default PHP constant would be a better way to handle such cases. It is already constant (i.e. it's always a backslash). What do you need a constant for? It's not system nor configuration dependent. -- Daniel Egeberg -- PHP Internals - PHP Runtime Development Mailing List To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP-DEV] Namespace separator constant
On Tue, Aug 10, 2010 at 9:59 PM, Daniel Egeberg daniel.egeb...@gmail.comwrote: On Tue, Aug 10, 2010 at 21:56, Christian Kaps christian.k...@mohiva.com wrote: Hi, is there any reason why no namespace separator constant exists in PHP. I have many cases where I concatenate strings to a namespace. This ends up with many class constants like const NS_SEPARATOR = '\\'. A default PHP constant would be a better way to handle such cases. It is already constant (i.e. it's always a backslash). What do you need a constant for? It's not system nor configuration dependent. -- Daniel Egeberg like DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR I guess Tyrael
Re: [PHP-DEV] Namespace separator constant
On 8/10/10 3:03 PM, Ferenc Kovacs wrote: like DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR I guess Tyrael but, DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR is system dependent. The namespace separator is not. It is is always \. -- Brian. http://brian.moonspot.net/ -- PHP Internals - PHP Runtime Development Mailing List To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP-DEV] Namespace separator constant
Am 10.08.2010 22:07, schrieb Brian Moon: On 8/10/10 3:03 PM, Ferenc Kovacs wrote: like DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR I guess Tyrael but, DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR is system dependent. The namespace separator is not. It is is always \. OK. This is clear. -- PHP Internals - PHP Runtime Development Mailing List To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP-DEV] Namespace separator constant
Hello Christian
2010/8/10 Christian Kaps christian.k...@mohiva.com:
Hi,
is there any reason why no namespace separator constant exists in PHP. I
have many cases where I concatenate strings to a namespace. This ends up
with many class constants like const NS_SEPARATOR = '\\'. A default PHP
constant would be a better way to handle such cases
There is no reason to add such a constant for language level features,
if you REALLY such a feature then a define() call is all you need:
define('NS_CONSTANT', '\\');
I do not see a reason to add such a thing just because the separator
is a backslash which most people belive is a escape character in all
cases outside string interpolation.
--
regards,
Kalle Sommer Nielsen
ka...@php.net
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