Re: Inconsistencies in 5.3

Hello Andi, Monday, August 4, 2008, 5:29:33 PM, you wrote: >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Stefan Priebsch [mailto:stefan.priebsch@e-novative.de] >> Sent: Monday, August 04, 2008 1:29 AM >> To: Hannes Magnusson >> Cc: Dmitry Stogov; Marcus Boerger; internals@lists.php.net >> Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] Inconsistencies in 5.3 >> >> Hannes Magnusson schrieb: >> > I don't think anyone but him likes multiple namespaces per file. I do >> > remember a PhD thesis sized mail from him explaining why multiple >> > namespaces per file was needed though (can hardly believe anyone read >> > the whole thing..). >> >> In some deployment processes, multiple PHP files are merged together >> into one file. Symfony, for example, does this, at least optionally. > We were not big fans of this but were convinced that for these > frameworks it'd be reasonable. We agreed that we would make sure people > understand that using multiple namespaces per-file is not a best practice > and is discouraged from non-generated code. > Re: braces, I don't think it's a big deal but I would prefer without > braces. Given that I think people should only have one namespace per > file, the braces is a PITA because it already starts you off in an > additional layer of indentation. We all know that whitespace does matter :) I fail to see a connection here and any decent editor that does auto-indentation can be configured to not do so for select structures and usually people do so for namespaces. > Also another reason to not have braces because then it then makes sure > that you don't go back into a global namespace and it is truly only used > in these framework concatenation use cases. This can easily be addressed in the parser. > Btw, I am both a C++ and Java developer and it honestly doesn't confuse > me either way. I do prefer the "namespace" keyword because for me > personally it better reflects what we have here. I always associate > package with something that maps more directly to files but again, this > could just be my own bias and I am sure I would get used to either very > quickly. In general, people will always have pre conceived notions re: > names but I have learnt that once a name is picked people will get used > to them very quickly. This is true for most naming in life incl. personal life :) > Andi Best regards, Marcus