Are you sure we would need to create a new hook ? If the existing
autoload handlers receive a request for a function, they search for a
class with that name. Apart from a waste of time, it is harmless. We
can even have BC : you just have to declare your autoload handler
with an optional second argument, whose default value is 'class'.
This would allow new autoload handlers to run on previous PHP
versions.
Well, that might be an option too, but let's cross that bridge when we come to it :)
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