Re: Reserved namespaces

Lukas Kahwe Smith wrote: > > On 13.03.2009, at 00:39, Andrei Zmievski wrote: > >> Christian Schneider wrote: >>> Things gettings reserved at a later stage (like originally keywords, now >>> namespaces) can lead to a big deal of frustration. Therefore I think it >>> is crucial to have a clear naming guide now. >>> And these guidelines have to be noticed by everybody who starts to use >>> namespaces so they have to be placed prominently. >>> Personally I'd even prefer them to be enforced in code so they can't be >>> missed. >>> Removing restrictions later on causes less trouble so I wouldn't mind >>> too much if a couple of namespaces (or namespace prefixes) are reserved >>> but never used. >> >> Just a gentle reminder to make sure we don't miss this.. > > > Well cant we just use the class naming guide? As in put a prefix in your > namespace names, do not use an extension name (or something that could > likely become an extension name) as your prefix. > > Then again for classes we say that the prefix should be prepended with > an underscore as the separator as the ultimate protection. That of > course does not seem feasible for namespaces. -1 for using existing guide Please don't make us do this <?php namespace God_No/Required/Underscores/Please; ?> This is fine: <?php namespace ThisHere/Is/Fine; ?> Greg