Req #73347 [Opn->Sus]: Proporse new namespace separator: dot inside a string

Edit report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=73347&edit=1 ID: 73347 Updated by: cmb@php.net Reported by: fede dot carg at gmail dot com Summary: Proporse new namespace separator: dot inside a string -Status: Open +Status: Suspended Type: Feature/Change Request Package: Class/Object related PHP Version: 7.1.0RC3 Block user comment: N Private report: N New Comment: In my opion, it wouldn't make sense to introduce this syntax only for namespace and use statements, but not for the general case. The latter, however, would introduce several issues, e.g. that someone might want to construct a qualified identifier dynamically what would raise performance issues, if possible at all. Anyhow, such a change would require an RFC[1]; therefore I'm suspending this feature request. [1] <https://wiki.php.net/rfc/howto> Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2016-10-19 10:48:41] fede dot carg at gmail dot com Description: ------------ The backslash namespace separator was introduced in 2008 http://news.php.net/php.internals/41374 Would it be possible to consider using dots inside strings. Eg: ``` namespace "my.package"; use "some.package.class"; ``` How difficult would it be for the interpreter to parse this line of code? For me, it the most modern and clean solution. And it looks much better, doesn't it? Expected result: ---------------- ``` namespace "my.package"; use "some.package.class"; ``` Actual result: -------------- ``` namespace my\package; use some\package\class; ``` ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=73347&edit=1