Re: namespace separator and whining

On Tuesday 04 November 2008 17:44:50 Steph Fox wrote: > We could have an INI_SYSTEM switch. > > ns.lookup=Off > > means you _have_ to prefix because otherwise resolution will fail with a > fatal error, but > > ns.lookup=On > > means that anything not prefixed and not local goes through the full > lookup, i.e. it does what is currently done outside a namespace context. Dev writes a script, uses autoload, overrides global class. Distributed to user, that has ns.lookup=On as you propose, user borks his install, lacks the file containing the class, gets the global class -> obscure error messages because of nonexisting methods in places unrelated to the place where the actual error happened. Not really a good idea, IMO. Failing there is the best option. It's not like you have to prefix every single occurence, you just have to say at the top of the file "When I say Exception, I mean \Exception". Regards, Stefan