Re: [Concept] Flip relative function lookup order (global, then local)

Am 21.08.2024 um 09:44 schrieb Faizan Akram Dar <hello@faizanakram.me>: > On Wed, Aug 21, 2024, 9:34 AM Christian Schneider <cschneid@cschneid.com> wrote: >> The point where I think we disagree is that it improves the code. It may improve >> performance of the code (even though I somewhat doubt this has a *significant* impact on most >> projects) but it IMHO hurts readability. Writing the additional \ is less of a problem but as code >> is read a lot more often than written I think the additional "line-noise" is something >> I'd like to avoid. > > You don't have to write additional \, > you can add "use function" statements > if you prefer that style. I think that is trading one problem for another: - Having to declare all global functions like strlen with 'use' is (IMHO) unnecessary boilerplate which also needs to be kept in sync with the rest of the code below - I am generally wary of top declarations changing "semantics" of code further down the line. Being able to tell what is being done without (far away) context is a feature and that's why I e.g. prefer foo($GLOBALS['bar']) to global $bar; ... foo($bar). Regards, - Chris