Re: namespaces ambiguity

From: 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 -- Stig Sæther Bakken <ssb@alltheweb.com> Fast Search & Transfer ASA, Trondheim, Norway

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