Re: Re: namespace issues

Brian Moon 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?

Figuring that you arrived at the same conclusion nearly three years ago regarding my namespace patch, and I also agreed that only classes should be allowed inside namespaces (http://marc.info/?l=php-internals&m=113320797607651&w=2), I am +1 for this proposal.

<rant> And the congregation wept. Man, how much more bastard ass step child do functions have to become? Its not bad enough that the OOP stuff is littered with every little overly complicated bell and whistle. Now functions are to be left behind with this feature? Geez people. Get over your OOP arrogance. </rant>

I think THIS probably sums up the split between developers over namespace? If a project is built only as classes WHY do we need namespace? If namespace is never going to encapsulate the very elements that it NEEDS to group when NOT using classes then is there any point ADDING namespace? Has the target for namespace ever been defined and if so are the current exceptions to that target now acceptable? At the present time I do not see that what has been IMPLEMENTED so far for namespace can be used as a basis that can be expanded in the future to address the remaining inconsistencies? If these inconsistencies are simply going to be ignored by banning fundamental things like functions perhaps THAT is what needs to be voted on? Simply saying - lets get what we have out - and ignoring the concerns of a section of the developer community does seem to be 'arrogant'? -- Lester Caine - G8HFL ----------------------------- Contact - http://lsces.co.uk/lsces/wiki/?page=contact L.S.Caine Electronic Services - http://lsces.co.uk EnquirySolve - http://enquirysolve.com/ Model Engineers Digital Workshop - http://medw.co.uk// Firebird - http://www.firebirdsql.org/index.php