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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] RFC: Traits for PHP
From: jochem@iamjochem.com (Jochem Maas)

firstly, I'd like to reiterate the general sentiment
that Stefans RFC is blinding! (that's a good thing in this context ;-)

Marcus Boerger schreef:
> Hello Lars,
> 
>   we could even go for include here if we wanted to avoid use as much as
> adding a new keyword. Personally I don't mind using keywords for different
> stuff as long as it cannot conflict. That is in this case true for both
> include and use.

how about 'possesses' or 'exhibits' - both these words are closer to the
natural language usage of 'trait' with regard to a subject.

John exhibits a **** trait
Jack possesses a **** trait

a person coming accross 'use' or 'include' in the context of
trait attribution may either make assumptions or become confused as to
possible changes/additions to the use and/or include functionality, a
new keyword that aptly describes the intention will more likely force
users to actually find out what it means.

an another alternative might be 'applies' - which doesn't fit the
natural language usage of 'trait' but does succintly describe what is happening.

just a thought.

> 
> marcus
> 
> Tuesday, February 19, 2008, 9:31:29 PM, you wrote:
> 
>> Hi Stefan,
> 
>> Am Montag, den 18.02.2008, 20:27 +0100 schrieb php@stefan-marr.de:
>> [...]
>>>  class ezcReflectionMethod extends ReflectionMethod {
>>>    use ezcReflectionReturnInfo;
>>>    /* ... */
>>>  }
> 
>> I'm not sure if the use-keyword is a good idea as namespaces are already
>> "used". If we use "use" for traits, maybe going back to "import" for
>> namespaces would be the way to go.
> 
>> cu, Lars
> 
> 
> 
> Best regards,
>  Marcus
>