Re: namespace separator and whining

On 04.11.2008, at 18:59, Gregory Beaver wrote:

#2 means we want to be able to access stuff like strlen() and array_map() without any monkey business.

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functions/constants: 1) ns\func or ns\const 2) internal func\const 3) FAILBOAT

Right, for the most part people will want access to internal functions, but what is the benefit of not including user space functions/constants? I find this quite confusing. The resolution rules should be easy to explain and it should be easy to understand what is going to happen when reading code. Nobody knows all PHP internal functions (especially as new internal functions can be defined by enabling extensions), so expecting people to know what will or will not fallback is kind funky. So lets have a look about the disadvantages of including all functions/constants: 1) you have to ensure the proper load order 2) .. ? As you pointed out, there is no autoload for functions, so people are accustomed to ensuring that all functions are loaded before usage. Am I missing something? regards, Lukas Kahwe Smith mls@pooteeweet.org