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Date: Tue, 23 Apr 2024 17:13:21 +0200
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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] PDO subclass names
To: Stephen Reay <php-lists@koalephant.com>
Cc: Bilge <bilge@scriptfusion.com>, internals@lists.php.net
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From: landers.robert@gmail.com (Robert Landers)

On Tue, Apr 23, 2024 at 3:22=E2=80=AFPM Stephen Reay <php-lists@koalephant.=
com> wrote:
>
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> > On 23 Apr 2024, at 22:35, Bilge <bilge@scriptfusion.com> wrote:
> > =EF=BB=BFOn 23/04/2024 10:25, Stephen Reay wrote:
> >> The argument that "Client" is meaningless becomes pretty moot when you=
 realise that you can import a *namespace* and use it relatively, if you so=
 wish:
> >>
> >> ```
> >> import MyLib\HTTP;
> >>
> >> $a =3D new HTTP\Client(...);
> >> ```
> >
> > Hi Stephen,
> >
> > Granted, but I also believe the user can and should have the reasonable=
 expectation that they can work comfortably (without conflicts or aliases) =
using leaf (class) names exclusively.
> >
> > Kind regards,
> > Bilge
>
> I'm sorry but I think you've missed the entire point of namespaces if you=
 want class names to all be universally unique without their namespace comp=
onent.
>
> The referenced RFC gives clear examples of how a class with a prefix woul=
d be converted to a namespace and class.

As someone who currently works in a codebase with hundreds of *\Mapper
classes, I feel your pain. However, 99% of the time, people are going
to be using a single database implementation at a time per
file/context. If you do find yourself in an edge case where you have
multiple database implementations in the same file, aliases work for
that case.

Robert Landers
Software Engineer
Utrecht NL