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Thread-Topic: [PHP-DEV] RFC: Interest in function autoloading?
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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] RFC: Interest in function autoloading?
From: tysonandre775@hotmail.com (tyson andre)

> I've searched the archive, but I haven't found anything about this issue.=
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> I notice there exists an RFC for autoloading of functions, or more to the=
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> point, a unified autoloading system for classes, functions, constants and=
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> streams:=0A=
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Hi Terje,=0A=
=0A=
I'd brought this up 2 months ago in https://externals.io/message/107967 "Au=
toloading functions/consts without a performance impact"=0A=
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One major issue is that foo() can refer to both foo() and NS\foo() from nam=
espace NS,=0A=
and there's many different opinions on how/if an autoloader should deal wit=
h that, each with their own drawbacks.=0A=
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If the ambiguity was avoided, then I think more people would be open to aut=
oloading for functions/constants.=0A=
I had proposed one option for avoiding ambiguity for functions and constant=
s, which was rejected: https://wiki.php.net/rfc/use_global_elements=0A=
I don't think the proposed alternatives would reach a 2/3 majority either i=
f voted on, though, but may be mistaken.=0A=
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- Tyson=0A=