forbid use declaration outside of a namespace in PHP 7

Heya, I always found it very ugly that it is possible to define a use outside of a namespace. Consider the following: namespace{ //default namespace } use foo\Bar; namespace test{ new Bar(); //error, test\Bar not found } After some thoughts it is quite clear that Bar is test\Bar and not foo\Bar inside of the namespace test. But consider the following example which is not so obvious: use foo\Bar; namespace test; new Bar(); //error, test\Bar not found The use declaration looks like a normal use declaration at first glance. I do not see why we should actually support this "feature" any longer and thus suggest to remove it in PHP 7. Although, it is not a bug (the use declaration is simply ignored as far as I can tell) I suppose it confuses the user. Nevertheless, even if we declare it as a "feature" I think it should at least not be a "feature" of the specification of PHP 7. Thoughts? Cheers, Robert ps: I first started the discussion @standards, just if you should wonder why it pops up here now as well: http://news.php.net/php.standards/528