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Date: Fri, 24 Apr 2020 18:14:13 -0500
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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] Re: [RFC] PHP Namespace Policy
From: tendoaki@gmail.com (Michael Morris)

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On Fri, Apr 24, 2020 at 6:09 PM Mark Randall <marandall@php.net> wrote:

> 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
>
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What good reason? Because it is hard?

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