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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] Alternative to multiple namespaces per file
From: larry@garfieldtech.com (Larry Garfield)

On Saturday 31 May 2008, James Dempster wrote:
> I would agree with you, I think namespaces should wait for a later version.
> Maybe 6 or even later. I believe there are many problems that need to be
> sorted be namespaces hit release.
>
> Maybe we could do something like so.
>
> namespace Fully::Qualified::Class::Name class Declaration extends Whatever
> implents MyInterface { }
>
> I have reservations in using :: as a resolution operator which can easily
> clash with normal class space usage.
>
> Is it too late to have these discussions?? It seems I missed the big
> namespace discussions on the mailing list and things have already gone
> ahead.
>
> /James

Unfortunately it probably is.  I recall someone did raise the 
ClassName::staticMethod() vs. Namespace::function() collision problem months 
ago, and the response at the time was "Pfft, like who uses classes and 
functions in the same project, anyway?"  

(Of course, the answer is "well I do" but I've long since learned that such 
answers don't carry much weight around here, so I mostly just read to see 
where the language is going rather than to influence it.  So I've just 
resigned myself to not being able to use namespaces in PHP.)

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