Re: AW: [PHP-DEV] Importing namespaced functions

+1 The current behavior is really annoying. 2013/4/22 Florian Anderiasch <ml@anderiasch.de> > On 04/22/2013 12:55 AM, Robert Stoll wrote: > > I agree with Igor. The readability could be improved and I do not see the > > problem of hiding built-in php functions (however, I would not recommend > > it). > > I would say, if someone hides the normal php built-in function then he or > > she is doing that on purpose and is aware of the consequences. Thus it is > > also fine if the same person imports the function, which hides the normal > > php built-in function, in another namespace. > > Huge +1 from me. > > I know that using only functions instead of OOP in PHP has this > 90s-PHP3-Vibe to it, but as a matter of fact you can write mostly > side-effect free code using only functions in PHP. > > This would make using functions much more flexible and even more > importantly, consistent to everything else. > > The only downside to this proposal, as Stas correctly mentioned is that > it would allow people to shoot themselves in the foot when using weird > import behavior. But as you deliberately have to misuse this I don't see > any real harm. Something like instance variable shadowing in Java is > much, much more error-prone and still hardly anyone complains about this > kind of feature. > > Greetings, > Florian > > -- > PHP Internals - PHP Runtime Development Mailing List > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > >