AW: [PHP-DEV] forbid use declaration outside of a namespace in PHP 7

> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- > Von: Robert Stoll [mailto:php@tutteli.ch] > Gesendet: Mittwoch, 29. Oktober 2014 20:55 > An: 'PHP Internals' > Betreff: [PHP-DEV] 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 > > > > -- > PHP Internals - PHP Runtime Development Mailing List To unsubscribe, visit: > http://www.php.net/unsub.php No one else who thinks this "feature" should be removed in PHP 7 ?