Re: Simple Namespace Proposal

On 7/23/07, Dmitry Stogov <dmitry@zend.com> wrote:

Hi Arpad, You have to always use namespace name as prefix for acesing namespace entities. (The only exception is direct import of calss). So expectatins in your tests are wrong. Thanks. Dmitry. -----Original Message----- From: Arpad Ray [mailto:arpad@rajeczy.com] Sent: Sunday, July 15, 2007 7:32 PM To: Dmitry Stogov Cc: 'Hans Lellelid'; 'PHP internals' Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] Simple Namespace Proposal Dmitry Stogov wrote:

The patch is already committed to the HEAD. Dmitry.

There seem to be some problems with importing across files. The tests currently in CVS are all in single files so it's not immediately obvious. When a namespace is declared in one file and imported in another, classes must be addressed absolutely either in the import or when used, and functions must be addressed absolutely when used, irrespective of imports. I've attached some phpt files to test this, but here's a simple illustration: foo.php: <?php namespace foo; function foobar() { } class Foobaz { } ?> bar.php: <?php import foo; foobar(); // error new Foobaz; // error foo::foobar(); // ok new foo::Foobaz; // ok import foo::foobar; import foo::Foobaz; foobar(); // error new Foobaz; // ok import foo::foobar as foobar2; foobar2(); // error ?> Arpad -- PHP Internals - PHP Runtime Development Mailing List To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php

Ok here are a few questions that I would like clear answers and not "Do you have a proposal? I DON"T SEE ONE, do you have a patch??. I just want a simple but clear answer. 1) Do we have unnamed namespaces available ? 2) In short and clear, why are braces not being used ? C++, C# uses it. (Short answer and if the answer is "Developer didn't want to do it..." just say "Usual" 3) Do we have aliasing available ? (Ex: namespace PHP_NSX = PHP_NS1::PHP_NS2) 4) Are nested namespaces available ? 5) Were there any test provided with such feature commit ? If so where could I see them to use them and maybe answer my own questions (And I do not have time to read through all the patch to see if it does) Should be ok for a first draft and this is not some sort of attack, I am really trying to compile a list of features absent and present to see what *types* of namespaces we have and how to correctly inform people on how to use them. -- David Coallier, Founder & Software Architect, Agora Production (http://agoraproduction.com) 51.42.06.70.18