Re: multiple use

From: Date: Mon, 02 Jun 2008 08:23:03 +0000
Subject: Re: multiple use
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On Sun, 1 Jun 2008, Hannes Magnusson wrote: > On Sun, Jun 1, 2008 at 7:43 PM, Stanislav Malyshev <stas@zend.com> wrote: > > Hi! > > > >> use FooBar::In::Some::NameSpace as foo, > >> SomeOther::Cool:Massive::awesome::space as bar, And::other:namespace > >> as foobar; > >> vs > >> use FooBar::In::Some::NameSpace as foo; > >> use SomeOther::Cool:Massive::awesome::space as bar; > >> use And::other:namespace as foobar; > > > > Well, with (im)proper formatting many things can be unreadable, but > > use FooBar::In::Some::NameSpace as foo, > > SomeOther::Cool:Massive::awesome::space as bar, > > And::other:namespace as foobar; > > > > doesn't seem unreadable at all to me. Repeating "use" is just clutter which > > doesn't add anything. And btw not all names are that long - when I actually > > used namespaces in the code, I found that it'd be much easier if I could > > chain declarations. Just as it is easier to do $a = array(1,2,3) and not $a > > = array(); $a[0] = 1; $a[1] = 2; $a[2] = 3; > > I don't know what else I can say. You asked if someone had objections > and I replied stating my personal opinion that I find explicit use > statements in multiple lines more readable. > I don't really see the point in dropping three characters if you are > going to indent it just the same anyway, doesn't even safe you a > single keystroke.. I've to agree with this. Derick -- Derick Rethans http://derickrethans.nl | http://ezcomponents.org | http://xdebug.org

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