Re: [VOTE] ::class feature to resolve namespaced class names to scalars

Hi JD, On 13 September 2012 15:57, Jan Dolecek <juzna.cz@gmail.com> wrote: > I'm not able to try it myself at the moment and it's not described in the > RFC, so I'd like to ask: > > Will it invoke autoloading, if the class does not exist (yet)? > > I think this should be considered. If so, it's not good as it kills > lazy-loading. If not so, it we may get errors later than expected. > I think these problems deserve discussion. (I'd prefer to keep > lazy-loading, since existence of class gets validated by IDE) > > Regards, > JD > > > On Tue, Sep 11, 2012 at 4:39 PM, Ralph Schindler > <ralph@ralphschindler.com>wrote: > > > Hi internals! > > > > The ::class resolution proposal had significant discussion in April and > > I've updated the patch to address issues that came up then. At this > point, > > I've gotten some positive feedback from various places and feel its time > to > > open it up for a vote to internals. > > > > RFC: > > https://wiki.php.net/rfc/**class_name_scalars#vote< > https://wiki.php.net/rfc/class_name_scalars#vote> > > > > PR: https://github.com/php/php-**src/pull/187< > https://github.com/php/php-src/pull/187> > > > > Thanks, > > Ralph > > > > -- > > PHP Internals - PHP Runtime Development Mailing List > > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > > > > I don't think autoloading is needed here, since the FQCN can be resolved without it (exactly like with type hinting). Marco Pivetta http://twitter.com/Ocramius http://marco-pivetta.com