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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] [RFC][DISCUSSION] Deprecation of fallback to root scope
From: cmbecker69@gmx.de ("Christoph M. Becker")

On 07.02.2018 at 15:02, Rowan Collins wrote:

> - PHP 7.3: Add syntax to explicitly reference functions and constants in
> the current namespace, such as .\foo or this\foo

It is already possible to use the `namespace` keyword for this, see
<https://3v4l.org/bikjE>.

> - Slightly uglier syntax.

IMHO, .\foo is very ugly, and namespace\foo is not much better.

-- 
Christoph M. Becker