Re: Namespce operator

On Wed, Mar 25, 2009 at 8:30 AM, Jochem Maas <jochem@iamjochem.com> wrote: > 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 >> > > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > I think you fell for the bait. :) -- http://www.voom.me | EFnet: #voom