Re: [RFC] \PHP namespace usage heuristics

On Tue, Jun 23, 2020, at 7:30 PM, Larry Garfield wrote: > Greetings, Internalians. > > There has been much talk of the \PHP namespace of late, including one > unsuccessful RFC. In the discussion, the pushback broke down into two > main camps: > > * We should never namespace anything ever. > * We can namespace things but we need something more concrete than > "RFCs can namespace things if they feel like it." > > I can't do much about the former, but the latter is a solvable problem. > To that end, Mark Randall and I have put together a new RFC on the > topic, based on a fruitful discussion in Room 11 a few weeks ago to > brainstorm what actual guidelines should be for what goes where. > > https://wiki.php.net/rfc/php_namespace_policy > > This proposal provides guidance to short circuit future subjective > bikeshedding, while still leaving some wiggle room for case-by-case > evaluation as needed. That makes it different from prior attempts that > did not provide clear guidance for future RFC authors. > > The specific guidelines offered may or may not appeal to you; those are > open to discussion (within reason; we don't want to end up back in "do > whatever" land as we know that won't help), but the more important > point is that clear guidelines are provided. > > Also of note, although it uses existing code to demonstrate where > classes *would* go under this plan it does not immediately move > anything. Those are left for future RFCs that would have to stand or > fall on their own merit. It also provides for a very long grace period > for any such transitions to minimize disruption. > > The intent is to bring this proposal to a vote in time for 8.0's freeze > one way or another, even though it's unlikely to have any impact on 8.0 > itself. It's still a convenient deadline. > > *dons flame retardant suit* > > -- > Larry Garfield > larry@garfieldtech.com This has reached the 2 week mark, but there's not been much discussion. Anyone else want to weigh in? I want to give it a few more days and possibly revise it to include a Wiki page as suggested, but probably will bring it to a vote within the next week or so.