Re: namespace issues
| From: | Daniel Convissor | Date: | Tue, 30 Sep 2008 03:25:31 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: namespace issues | ||
| References: | 1 2 | Groups: | php.internals |
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On Tue, Sep 23, 2008 at 11:47:30AM +0400, Dmitry Stogov wrote:
> Stanislav Malyshev wrote:
> >
> > 3. Functions will not be allowed inside namespaces. We arrived to
> > conclusion that they are much more trouble than they're worth, and
> > summarily we would be better off without them. Most of the functionality
> > could be easily achieved using static class methods, and the rest may be
> > emulated with variable function names, etc.
> >
> > Comments?
>
> 3. In case we remove functions we also need to remove constants as they
> have exactly the same ambiguity problems.
Classes inside name spaces raise the same issue:
<?php
namespace n_1;
class c_1 {
const CNST_1 = "constant\n";
public static function f_1() {
echo "function\n";
}
}
echo n_1::c_1::CNST_1;
n_1::c_1::f_1();
?>
The currently proposed operator is a major problem.
Thanks,
--Dan
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