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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] Re: PHP 5.2 Status Update
From: boards@gmail.com (Matt Sicker)

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On Tuesday 18 July 2006 12:25, Derick Rethans wrote:
> On Tue, 18 Jul 2006, Matt Sicker wrote:
> > Maybe you might not want to include that class until PHP6.  Or, how
> > about for backwards compatibility, you do prefix the class name
> > with PHP, but when namespaces come into play, using the php
> > namespace effectively removes the PHP prefix (e.g. PHPDate =3D=3D
> > php::Date).
>
> If you rename it later it will definitely break at that moment, so
> that's a no-no.
>
> Derick
What I'm suggesting is that for PHP6, allow namespaces to be used in two=20
different ways.  Example:

namespace foo {
  class bar {
    private $baz;
    static private $oof =3D 0;
    function __construct($baz) {
      $this->baz =3D $baz;
      $this->oof++; # I don't remember if you can do this, but you get
                    # the idea
    }
    static function getOof() {
      return $this->oof;
    }
  }
}

Then, we can access class `bar' like so:

$bar =3D new foo::bar('e.g.');
$oof =3D foo_bar::getOOf();

Or, you might just remove the underscore altogether so that we can=20
introduce more useful namespaces (e.g. all the DOM classes can go in=20
the DOM namespace).  Perhaps you could use the underscore for functions=20
(!methods), thus also allowing many functions to be given their own=20
namespaces (e.g. mysql_connect() =3D=3D mysql::connect()).

Now since you would be able to declare something like:

using namespace mysql;

You'd be able to access its functions like so:

$db =3D connect('localhost', 'username', 'password') or=20
die(header('HTTP/1.1 500 Internal Service Error'));

Now that might not be a good example considering mysql_* is old and=20
crappy, and since using a mysqli example would be redundant since it=20
already has a class, well, you know...

Anyhow, any feedback on this?  Or should I post this separately to get=20
feedback since it regards PHP6?
=2D-=20
Matt Sicker

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