Re: Not autoloading functions

On 27 January 2017 09:23:38 GMT+00:00, Wes <netmo.php@gmail.com> wrote: >An alternative (which I haven't properly developed yet). Thoughts? >\A\B\someFunction(); >// prints: >// LOADING A\n >// LOADING AB\n As I understand it, PHP namespaces aren't really hierarchies, they just have a hierarchical naming scheme; so namespace \A is not actually being referenced here. >\A\B\someFunction(); >// tries no autoload, because both namespaces A and A\B were >// attempted to be loaded already. >// in other words, autoload is attempted only once >// for any given namespace The tricky case that stalled the discussion of https://wiki.php.net/rfc/function_autoloading is using unqualified function names: if you're already inside the same namespace as the function, or alias it with "use function". I'm not sure how this mechanism would work for those cases. Finally, suggestions of a single include per namespace haven't been universally popular in previous threads, because some projects genuinely prefer each function in its own file (think plugin functions for Smarty / Wordpress / etc). It's an idea worth exploring though, IMO. Regards, -- Rowan Collins [IMSoP]