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To: Manuel Canga <manuelcanga@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] [RFC]
From: mike@newclarity.net (Mike Schinkel)

> On Feb 11, 2020, at 6:13 AM, Manuel Canga <manuelcanga@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Hi internals,
> I Would like to present a possible new "::func resolution" for your
> consideration.
> 
> In first place, PHP now support "::class" in this way:
> 
> use My\I18N;
> 
> $mapped_array = array_map([I18N::class, 'translate'], $array);
> It avoid add Full I18N  namespace in callback.
> 
> However with functions is different:
> 
> use function \My\I18N\i18n_translate;
> 
> $mapped_array = array_map('\My\I18N\i18n_translate', $array);
> 
> What is the useful here of importing the function?.
> My proposal is ":func" in order to avoid full namespace in callback of
> functions. E.g:
> 
> use function \My\I18N\i18n_translate;
> 
> $mapped_array = array_map(i18n_translate::func, $array);
> 
> "<string>::func" should validate if a function with `<string>` is imported.
> In this case, "<string>::func" is replaced with FQN of this function,
> otherwise with only "<string>"


I proposed ::function on the list a month ago:  
- https://externals.io/message/108045#108084

I had started by suggesting ::interface and ::trait: 
- https://externals.io/message/108045#108069

Marcio Almada suggested that we should use a general ::nameof instead: 
- https://externals.io/message/108045#108085

-Mike