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Subject: Re: Namespace access modifiers
From: nrixham@gmail.com (Nathan Rixham)

Would this not do the same thing and perhaps be easier to implement:

namespace Foo;
protected $var;

class Bar {

}

thus allowing use of private public protected before variables, and hell 
why not classes aswell.

private = only methods, code, classes in namespace Foo have access
protected = only methods, code, classes in namespace Foo or children 
Foo::Too have access
public = everybody

the same inheritance rules etc as classes.. makes sence :) and great idea!

got my vote, especially with the braces in namespaces!

namespace Foo; {
   protected $var;

   public class Extender {

      public function __construct() {
          ......
      }
   }
}

Nathan

Ralph Schindler wrote:
> Since everyone is in the "namespace" frame of mind, is there a 
> possibility of a "namespace" access modifier?
> 
> The way I envision this working is that if for example:
> 
> namespace Foo;
> 
> class Bar {
>   nsprotected $_someProperty = null;
> }
> 
> (or some other equivalent grammer)
> 
> Would allow the property Foo::Bar::$_someProperty to be accessed from 
> any class that has implemented a class from the Foo namespace.
> 
> Reaching for straws or is this a possibility?
> 
> -ralph