Re: Namespce operator

Christoph Boget schreef: >>> Backslash? Seriously? I'm hurt that my suggestion of "¬" (ASCII170 ?) >>> wasn't used. :-( >> Backslash doesn't sound like it will look very pretty > > Windows and DOS have been getting away with it for the last 25+ years > so why can't PHP get in on that action? :P > > Though I have read the explanation (many, many times) and I still > don't understand why '::' wasn't used. MyClass::MyStaticMethod is > utilizing namespacing. it's a serious brain hemoraging affair, I had the honour of digging quite deep into this with Greg Beaver ... he proved beyond a shadow of a doubt that there we're serious issues ... and trust me he really delved deep into the problem (and he's way smarter than *most*) we're lucky he put in the work. > Why it was felt that '::' as the official > namespace operator would mess that up is beyond my ken. :( > > thnx, > Christoph >