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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] Re: PHP 5.1 (Or How to break tousands of apps out there)
From: sk@webfactory.de (Sebastian Kugler)

On 11/26/05, Marcus Boerger <helly@php.net> wrote:
> The only thing that matters is whether i can write a correct
> lexer/parser for this without breaking stuff.

Im no parser expert at all, so just to be sure that I understand the
problem correctly: I guess you can't distinguish at the parser/lexer
level between cases where it's ambiguos without white spaces and where
it isn't?

Alternatively, could you provide a configuration switch to turn the
use of namespace constants in the ternary on or off? (So that people
who don't use namespace constants but use the ternary without spaces
wouldn't need to change all their code?)

Personally, as a PHP user, I'd strongly prefer the double colon to the
backslash because it's much more self-explaining and nicer.

But on the other hand, if there is really no solution for the double
colon, anything that gives us namespace support at all is greatly
appreciated. Better have namespaces with backslash than not have them
at all.

Regards,
Sebastian