Re: [Zend Engine 2] Re: [PHP-DEV] namespaces ambiguity

Well the difference is that C++ can figure out what to do at compile-time. I don't think we can which means that it would put more logic into run-time which is a bad thing IMO (especially for something new like this). Or can you think of a way to differ between these at compile-time? Andi At 09:56 PM 9/30/2001 +0200, Zeev Suraski wrote:

:: is taken, but why not do it the C++ way? It also uses :: for both classes and namespaces. Zeev At 21:35 30-09-01, Stig Sæther Bakken wrote:

[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