Newsgroups: php.internals Path: news.php.net Xref: news.php.net php.internals:20594 Return-Path: Mailing-List: contact internals-help@lists.php.net; run by ezmlm Delivered-To: mailing list internals@lists.php.net Received: (qmail 71423 invoked by uid 1010); 26 Nov 2005 21:49:27 -0000 Delivered-To: ezmlm-scan-internals@lists.php.net Delivered-To: ezmlm-internals@lists.php.net Received: (qmail 71408 invoked from network); 26 Nov 2005 21:49:27 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO lists.php.net) (127.0.0.1) by localhost with SMTP; 26 Nov 2005 21:49:27 -0000 X-Host-Fingerprint: 80.237.132.12 wp005.webpack.hosteurope.de Linux 2.5 (sometimes 2.4) (4) Received: from ([80.237.132.12:46378] helo=wp005.webpack.hosteurope.de) by pb1.pair.com (ecelerity 2.0 beta r(6323M)) with SMTP id 1C/FF-56276-768D8834 for ; Sat, 26 Nov 2005 16:49:27 -0500 Received: by wp005.webpack.hosteurope.de running Exim 4.43 using esmtpa from dslb-084-057-003-238.pools.arcor-ip.net ([84.57.3.238] helo=[192.168.0.100]) id 1Eg7vA-00016v-Ei; Sat, 26 Nov 2005 22:49:24 +0100 In-Reply-To: <4388D60F.8010103@gmail.com> References: <20.BA.56276.A1BC8834@pb1.pair.com> <4388CE54.6060606@gmail.com> <4388D60F.8010103@gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v746.2) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed Message-ID: <72369C9B-5F0D-4EEE-8CB0-BD00EED734C8@bitxtender.com> Cc: internals@lists.php.net, Matt Friedman Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Sat, 26 Nov 2005 22:49:23 +0100 To: Jessie Hernandez X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.746.2) Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] Re: namespace separator ideas From: dz@bitxtender.com (=?ISO-8859-1?Q?David_Z=FClke?=) ::: is best. :> and <: look like my favorite smilies. No way I could ever use them in code ;) - David Am 26.11.2005 um 22:39 schrieb Jessie Hernandez: > Hi Mat, > > Matt Friedman wrote: >> Hi, I've been following your conversations all day and think I might >> have a nice idea for the namespace separator idea. Sorry to barge in >> on your conversation but I think the following has value. >> What about something like <- or <:: or even just <: >> It makes sense to me because a namespace is akin to a parent of the >> class and in a diagram I would use an arrow to point to the parent >> from the child. At least there is some type of parent <- child >> relation. >> examples: >> Namespace <:: ClassName >> or >> Namespace <- ClassName >> or >> Namespace <: ClassName >> Unless I'm missing something these symbols should not conflict with >> other ones. They also have more a PHP "feel". > > Hmm, "<:" doesn't look bad to me. I'd like to somehow conduct a > poll to see what most prefer (it would be great if we could add > polls on php.net). So far, I have these possibilites: > > ::: > :> > <:: > <- > <: > >> This is the most semantically pleasing for me and it mirrors a common >> convention and represents the actual relationship. In the language it >> is nice when the symbols have an appearance representative of the >> actual relationship. >> When I see \ I think of ugly Windoze file paths. Also ::: seems >> awkward somehow. >> Matt. > > Yeah, I feel the same way for "\". ":::" seems OK to me, but of > course, I want to put what the majority prefer. > > > Regards, > > Jessie > > -- > PHP Internals - PHP Runtime Development Mailing List > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > >