Re: Namespaces in PHP 6 - ++$take

From: Date: Fri, 10 Nov 2006 18:19:51 +0000
Subject: Re: Namespaces in PHP 6 - ++$take
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> PHP 6 is not yet out and probably won't be production quality for quite > some time. Which means that migration to it en mass is probably not > going to happen this decade :-). <snippitysnip/> I'm not talking about forcing everyone to use namespaces tomorrow. I'm trying to plan for a future where there's a sensible way to avoid symbol collision. As for everyone developing on PHP $release-1 until 50% market saturation, I believe that to be the case in widely-distributed PHP apps (such as FUDForum), but you seem to be forgetting about the large number of PHP applications that are developed for internal use. I don't know of anyone currently using PHP 4 to develop new PHP apps unless they're for external distribution. > I think there is far more > demand for a fast & stable PHP then for syntatic sugar features which > seem extremely useful, but in the end prove to carry too much baggage. Nothing has been proven either way.. at least not publicly.. unless I just missed it. S

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