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Date: Fri, 23 Aug 2024 14:19:26 -0400
To: Ilija Tovilo <tovilo.ilija@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] [Concept] Flip relative function lookup order
 (global, then local)
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From: john@coggeshall.org (John Coggeshall)

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> 1. People who don't think BC is a problem, and would like to drop
> either the global or local lookup entirely, requiring disambiguation.
>

There is also an option of swapping the priority, making local lookups secondary to global lookups -- and to override that behavior you would require disambiguation. It doesn't have to mean drop the lookup entirely.

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<br><blockquote><div><div>1. People who don't think BC is a problem, and =
would like to drop</div><div>either the global or local lookup entirely, =
requiring disambiguation.</div></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div><di=
v>There is also an option of swapping the priority, making local lookups =
secondary to global lookups -- and to override that behavior you would re=
quire disambiguation. It doesn't have to mean drop the lookup entirely.</=
div><br></div>
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