Re: [Fwd: Re: [PHP-DEV] Renaming namespaces to packages]
| From: | scott lewis | Date: | Thu, 16 Aug 2007 23:30:40 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: [Fwd: Re: [PHP-DEV] Renaming namespaces to packages] | ||
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On 16 Aug, 2007, at 1148, Stanislav Malyshev wrote:
PHP Group: "It's like a namespace -- but, you know, the PHP way." PHP users: "Awesome!" Alternately: PHP Group: "Good news everyone! PHP now has namespaces!". PHP users: "Awesome!" PHP users: "Wait.. WTF? These don't act like namespaces - where are the braces?" PHP users: "These act more like... Java packages. Why are they called namespaces?" I would suggest that the world at large will react in the same fashion as this list. Using a name already in use by the most popular programming language in the world is going to create the expectation that the feature works in the same way. Using a different name will not create that false expectation, nor the subsequent confusion. My $0.02 scott.You can use zendspace. (Gregory) If you want me to get Johannes patch and convert it to zendspace, just tell me.So it goes like this: PHP Group: "Good news everyone! PHP now has zendspaces!". PHP users: "WTF???"