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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] Re: [RFC] PHP Namespace Policy
From: marandall@php.net (Mark Randall)
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On 25/04/2020 00:00, Michael Morris wrote:
> So, in steps:
> 
> 1. Take the current function roster - all of it - and put it in
> \PHP\Legacy\.  So the formal name of strpos would become
> \PHP\Legacy\strpos.
> 2. The root namespace would be empty BUT...
> 3. An INI directive set globally or per directory can set which namespace
> is bound to root.  Initially this would be "\PHP\Legacy", so all legacy
> code would not have to change - it would run in the new version and find
> all of its functionality without incident.  This is critical - as this
> directive would likely need to stay as is for two majors minimum, possibly
> more.

Thank you for the contribution.

However, such a change would never, ever be accepted. With good reason.

Mark Randall
marandall@php.net