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Subject: Re: import/use last call
From: greg@chiaraquartet.net (Gregory Beaver)

Stanislav Malyshev wrote:
> Hi all!
> 
> Since many packages (wordpress, propel, horde, phing, etc.) use "import"
> as either class or function name, and we couldn't find a good solution
> to make it work with import keyword without going into all kinds of
> troublesome hacks, so we are thinking about replacing 'import' keyword
> with 'use' keyword, which is already reserved.
> 
> If you know any reason why this may be a problem - please speak now (or
> forever hold your peace :). Please do not answer this email with
> proposals to replace 'namespace' keyword with 'package', etc. - it will
> be offtopic. For this topic please let's discuss only using keyword
> 'use' instead of 'import'.

Hold off for a bit - I may have a simple solution that solves the
problem for class names, method names and functions, have to code the
patch tonight first to prove it works.

Greg