Re: Re: [RFC] PHP Namespace Policy

On Fri, Apr 24, 2020 at 6:09 PM Mark Randall <marandall@php.net> wrote: > 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 > > -- > PHP Internals - PHP Runtime Development Mailing List > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > What good reason? Because it is hard?