Re: Idea: Function autoloading using dummy namespaces

On Mon, Jul 18, 2016 at 4:53 AM, Nikita Popov <nikita.ppv@gmail.com> wrote: > > Option B: foo() in namespace Bar will > a) Check if Bar\foo() exists > b) Otherwise check if foo() exists > c) Otherwise try to load 'Bar\foo' > d) Otherwise try to load 'foo' > e) If all fails, throw. > > This avoids the autoloading overhead when calling functions from the global > namespace. However this also means that you cannot autoload a function with > the same name as a global function through an unqualified call. > > Doesn't this mean that an innocent introduction of global function "foo()" could break "namespace Bar { foo(); }", since it would then refer to the global function "foo" (step b) and "Bar\foo" would not be autoloaded (step c)?