[php-langspec][Issue #238] - Specify when imported names become available

From: Date: Sun, 05 May 2019 01:22:47 +0000
Subject: [php-langspec][Issue #238] - Specify when imported names become available
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You can view the Issue on github: https://github.com/php/php-langspec/issues/238 Opened By: mattacosta Issue Description: The specification currently states that use declarations bring a name into a scope, but that's not exactly true, as imports are not available prior to the use declaration. ```php namespace A { class C {} } namespace B { // Same scope, 'A\C' should be available right?! $c = new C(); use A\C; } ``` Without this restriction, an engine could theoretically make an initial pass to import names from all use declarations, and therefore prevent a name resolution error from occurring. **18-namespaces.md** > A namespace-use-declaration imports — that is, makes available — one or more names into a > scope, optionally giving them each an alias.

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