Re: [Fwd: Re: [PHP-DEV] Renaming namespaces to packages]

On 8/15/07, Guilherme Blanco <guilhermeblanco@gmail.com> wrote: > On 8/15/07, Stanislav Malyshev <stas@zend.com> wrote: > > > Take a look at this URL and tell me which one PHP does look like: > > > > > > http://kaistizen.net/Project/CSharpJava/csharp_java.htm#NamespaceVsPackage > > > > Neither, actually. But it's not about "should we imitate C# or Java". > > It's about what's best for PHP. My opinion is that for PHP would be best > > to have namespaces and not packages. > > > > > From Portuguese Brazilian Wikipedia: > > > http://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Package > > > Translated to you.... > > > > In English, it says: > > A software package is a bundle of one or several files that either are > > necessary for the execution of a computer program, or add features for a > > program already installed on the computer or network of computers. > > > > A software package is that beautiful box you go to the supermarket and > buy the product. A package in programming language is exactly what I > wrote to you. > > > > All you told until now in favor of namespaces are marketing related. > > > Just read your previous messages. > > > > OK, let's see - what is "marketing"? If it's "a set of efforts > > aimed at > > promoting better understanding and wider usage of PHP language" than I > > don't see how it can be bad and how it is not important to consider. > > > > If it's "an evil conspiracy of suit-wearing aliens to subvert PHP > > community to serve their evil alien purposes" then I know nothing about > > it but it definitely doesn't have anything to do with what I do. > > No. You mentioned not only once that namespace are better for users to > understand than packages. > > Seems you are the only one until now that still want to keep "namespace". > But I already have a solution to it.... I already mentioned on IRC. > > Instead of namespace or package, you can go to something like > zendspace or stanspace > +1 zendspace Tijnema -- Vote for PHP Color Coding in Gmail! -> http://gpcc.tijnema.info