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From: imsop.php@rwec.co.uk ("Rowan Tommins [IMSoP]")



On 24 May 2025 10:08:46 BST, "=E9=A9=AC=E6=AD=A3=E5=BC=BA" <a766650827@gma=
il=2Ecom> wrote:
>Hello internals,
>
>I=E2=80=99d like to propose adding with as a full alias for the namespace=
-related
>use keyword in PHP=2E
=2E=2E=2E
>   - Does this improvement warrant an RFC?
>   - Are there objections to the concept or keyword choice?

It would certainly need an RFC in order to add, because it's a core langua=
ge change=2E Adding a new keyword generally requires reserving it in at lea=
st some contexts, so the backward compatibility impact would need to be mad=
e clear in any RFC as well=2E=20

Personally, though, I don't see any advantage at all=2E Both keywords seem=
 equally arbitrary, and the existing syntax has been established for over a=
 decade at this point=2E Having two ways to write the same thing is likely =
to confuse new users about whether they do different things, and there won'=
t be any incentive for existing code to change from one to the other, espec=
ially since they won't be able to for several years if they support multipl=
e PHP versions=2E=20

As for other languages, they use all sorts of different keywords for the s=
ame or similar features, e=2Eg=2E "import" and "using", so it's not like PH=
P is a weird outlier here=2E

Regards,
Rowan Tommins
[IMSoP]