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Date: Fri, 07 Dec 2007 15:10:10 -0500
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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] Namespace
From: robert@interjinn.com (Robert Cummings)

On Fri, 2007-12-07 at 14:57 -0500, Ken Stanley wrote:
> In regards to the braces or no braces question, I have a scenario that I
> would like to share that could be considered similar in nature. We use a
> cluster of databases where I work, and to make things easier on us, we have
> a method called setSource() to switch between the clusters in our database
> class. This allows us to easily query between the clusters, but since there
> are no braces, we sometimes lose track of which cluster we are working on,
> and thus bugs are born. I would think that if it were some how possible to
> have braces, it would cause less headaches and problems, because we could
> then logically group our queries together. The same argument could be used
> with namespaces; especially _if_ the multiple namespace-per-file gets added.
> Even without that little bit of functionality, it would make maintaining
> namespaced code easier to read at first glance. For small apps, it probably
> wouldn't be that big of a difference, but for files that span hundreds (and
> even thousands) of lines of code, a developer could easily get lost in in
> the namespace they are supposed to be in. Am I in a namespace? Which
> namespace? Without the code block, and typical indentation, you could easily
> overlook the namespace keyword.
> 
> Anyways, I understand that braces are just a bit of icing on the cake -- so
> to speak -- but I just wanted to give a probable real-life situation to this
> debate. :)

Is there any reason why you can't already use braces optionally? I mean,
the following code is valid with the current engine:

<?php

{
    {
        {
            class Foo
            {
                function Foo()
                {
                    echo 'Foo'."\n";
                }
            }
        }
    }
}

?>

Cheers,
Rob.
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