Re: namespaces ambiguity
| From: | (Stig Sæther Bakken) | Date: | Sun, 30 Sep 2001 19:35:15 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: namespaces ambiguity | ||
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[Andi Gutmans <andi@zend.com>]
> Hey,
>
> I just started playing around with the parser to support the
> namespaces syntax Stig laid out in his RFC. I think I've thought of an
> ambiguity (with constants) which makes me wonder how feasible the
> proposed syntax is.
> Consider the following expression:
> $test?FOO:BAR:BARBARA
>
> Would this mean that the person meant $test?(FOO):(BAR:BARBARA) or
> $test?(FOO:BAR):BARBARA?
Okay, is there another character we can use? Doesn't look that way.
Maybe we need to use two characters then? Since both "::" and "->"
are taken, "//" is the best suggestion I can come up with.
- Stig
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Stig Sæther Bakken <ssb@alltheweb.com>
Fast Search & Transfer ASA, Trondheim, Norway