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

On Fri, 23 Aug 2024, at 13:45, Mike Schinkel wrote: >> On Aug 23, 2024, at 8:33 AM, Rowan Tommins [IMSoP] <imsop.php@rwec.co.uk> wrote: >> On 23 August 2024 13:04:22 BST, Mike Schinkel <mike@newclarity.net> wrote: >>> And how can it occur without an explicit use >>> AcmeComponents\SplineReticulator\Utilities\Text\Text statement, which I proposed >>> would override the automatic use, anyway? >> >> I'm not sure what you mean. Right now, that's the function name that would be >> looked up for your example code (other than a couple of unrelated typos in your example). So if, for >> some reason, someone was relying on that, their code would break with your "automatic >> use". > > I must be missing something. Can you give a specific example showing > how the automatic use would conflict with something other than a root > namespace? You already gave the example yourself, you just misunderstood what its current behaviour is. Here it is, with the typos fixed: https://3v4l.org/6eD3N As you can see from the error message, it doesn't look up "Text\strlen()", it looks up "AcmeComponents\SplineReticulator\Utilities\Text\Text\strlen()" Or to be even clearer: https://3v4l.org/ojVcP