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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] Order
	of	class	resolution	with	namespaces	and	autoload
From: chuck@horde.org (Chuck Hagenbuch)

Quoting Stanislav Malyshev <stas@zend.com>:

>> Yes. I think that if you use an unqualified name it should always =20
>> be relative to the namespace (and importing internal classes into =20
>> your namespace lets you use short names for them, avoiding =20
>> ::Exception).
>
> Unfortunately, there are problems with this solution, since it
> makes common case harder to implement - internal classes are more =20
> frequently used than overridden. It makes harder to convert library =20
> code which does not use tricks like overriding system classes - =20
> which is on my experience most of the code - you have now to go to =20
> almost every file and find all the system classes you have used =20
> there and put imports for them.

My last word on this is just going to be to ask you to consult with =20
the Zend Framework team (Matthew W.), PEAR2 (Greg), and perhaps some =20
other large PHP class libraries/frameworks. I don't think it's =20
unreasonable to say that namespaces should be heavily influenced by =20
the kind of large projects that will use them. I'm speaking for Horde; =20
if all the other large projects prefer it the way it currently is, =20
then that's fine, I can live with that, but if not, I just ask that =20
you reconsider.

Thanks,
-chuck