Re: Request for RFC Karma: "use-from syntax for namespace use declarations"

Just a friendly reminder about my karma to post an RF in the PHP wiki. Again, my user is "str". Thank you very much -- Stuardo Rodríguez Mercenary Web Developer La Maphpia 🌎 maphpia.com ✉ str@maphpia.com 📞 +502 3462-7169 On Tue, Dec 30, 2025 at 10:25 AM Stuardo -StR- Rodríguez <str@maphpia.com> wrote: > Hello internals, > > My name is Stuardo Rodríguez, and I would like to request RFC karma to > publish an RFC on the PHP wiki. > > I am a professional PHP developer with over 15 years of experience > building web applications. You can find more about my background here: > - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/stuardo > > I have prepared an RFC titled "use-from syntax for namespace use > declarations" which proposes an alternative use syntax > that improves > readability by placing imported symbols first, followed by a namespace > prefix introduced by from. > > Example: > ```php > use ClassA from Vendor\Package; > use {ClassB, ClassC as C} from Vendor\Package; > ``` > > This is syntax sugar equivalent to existing imports: > ```php > use Vendor\Package\ClassA; > use Vendor\Package\{ClassB, ClassC as C}; > ``` > > I have already implemented the necessary changes to the Zend Engine > (lexer, parser, tokenizer exposure) along with comprehensive test coverage. > The implementation: > - Introduces T_FROM token > - Supports single imports, grouped imports, and function/const imports > - Treats from as a soft keyword to preserve backward > compatibility > (function from() remains valid) > - Includes 7 new test cases in Zend/tests/ plus tokenizer test > > I would appreciate receiving wiki karma to create and publish this RFC for > community discussion. My wiki account username is: "str"\ > > Thank you for your consideration. > > Best regards, > Stuardo Rodriguez > > -- > Stuardo Rodríguez Mercenary Web Developer La Maphpia > 🌎 maphpia.com ✉ str@maphpia.com 📞 +502 3462-7169 >