#43719 [NEW]: Confusing behaviour of "use" with functions

From: sebastian@php.net Operating system: Irrelevant PHP version: 5.3CVS-2007-12-31 (CVS) PHP Bug Type: Scripting Engine problem Bug description: Confusing behaviour of "use" with functions Description: ------------ sb@vmware ~ % cat a.php <?php namespace a; function b() {} sb@vmware ~ % cat b.php && php b.php <?php require 'a.php'; use a; b(); Warning: The use statement with non-compound name 'a' has no effect in /home/sb/b.php on line 4 Fatal error: Call to undefined function b() in /home/sb/b.php on line 5 sb@vmware ~ % cat b.php && php b.php <?php require 'a.php'; use a::b; b(); Fatal error: Call to undefined function b() in /home/sb/b.php on line 5 Expected result: ---------------- Not sure. Actual result: -------------- See above. -- Edit bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=43719&edit=1 -- Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 4.4): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=43719&r=trysnapshot44 Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 5.2): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=43719&r=trysnapshot52 Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 5.3): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=43719&r=trysnapshot53 Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 6.0): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=43719&r=trysnapshot60 Fixed in CVS: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=43719&r=fixedcvs Fixed in release: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=43719&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=43719&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=43719&r=needscript Try newer version: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=43719&r=oldversion Not developer issue: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=43719&r=support Expected behavior: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=43719&r=notwrong Not enough info: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=43719&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=43719&r=submittedtwice register_globals: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=43719&r=globals PHP 3 support discontinued: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=43719&r=php3 Daylight Savings: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=43719&r=dst IIS Stability: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=43719&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=43719&r=gnused Floating point limitations: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=43719&r=float No Zend Extensions: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=43719&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=43719&r=mysqlcfg