note 91887 added to language.namespaces.rationale

Could someone please explain to me what benefits are offered by the PHP 5.3 implementation of namespaces that I cannot get by using an abstract class - which can of course also act as a "container" for constants, static methods, and static variables? ---- Server IP: 213.92.11.19 Probable Submitter: 79.52.88.127 ---- Manual Page -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/language.namespaces.rationale.php Edit -- https://master.php.net/note/edit/91887 Del: integrated -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/91887/integrated Del: useless -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/91887/useless Del: bad code -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/91887/bad+code Del: spam -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/91887/spam Del: non-english -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/91887/non-english Del: in docs -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/91887/in+docs Del: other reasons-- https://master.php.net/note/delete/91887 Reject -- https://master.php.net/note/reject/91887 Search -- https://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php