Re: Re: [RFC] PHP Namespace Policy

On 25/04/2020 00:00, Michael Morris wrote:

So, in steps: 1. Take the current function roster - all of it - and put it in \PHP\Legacy\. So the formal name of strpos would become \PHP\Legacy\strpos. 2. The root namespace would be empty BUT... 3. An INI directive set globally or per directory can set which namespace is bound to root. Initially this would be "\PHP\Legacy", so all legacy code would not have to change - it would run in the new version and find all of its functionality without incident. This is critical - as this directive would likely need to stay as is for two majors minimum, possibly more.

Thank you for the contribution. However, such a change would never, ever be accepted. With good reason. Mark Randall marandall@php.net