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Date: Sun, 1 Jun 2008 23:32:58 +0200
To: "Stanislav Malyshev" <stas@zend.com>
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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] multiple use
From: hannes.magnusson@gmail.com ("Hannes Magnusson")

On Sun, Jun 1, 2008 at 7:43 PM, Stanislav Malyshev <stas@zend.com> wrote:
> Hi!
>
>> use FooBar::In::Some::NameSpace as foo,
>> SomeOther::Cool:Massive::awesome::space as bar, And::other:namespace
>> as foobar;
>> vs
>> use FooBar::In::Some::NameSpace as foo;
>> use SomeOther::Cool:Massive::awesome::space as bar;
>> use And::other:namespace as foobar;
>
> Well, with (im)proper formatting many things can be unreadable, but
> use FooBar::In::Some::NameSpace             as foo,
>    SomeOther::Cool:Massive::awesome::space as bar,
>    And::other:namespace                    as foobar;
>
> doesn't seem unreadable at all to me. Repeating "use" is just clutter which
> doesn't add anything. And btw not all names are that long - when I actually
> used namespaces in the code, I found that it'd be much easier if I could
> chain declarations. Just as it is easier to do $a = array(1,2,3) and not $a
> = array(); $a[0] = 1; $a[1] = 2; $a[2] = 3;

I don't know what else I can say. You asked if someone had objections
and I replied stating my personal opinion that I find explicit use
statements in multiple lines more readable.
I don't really see the point in dropping three characters if you are
going to indent it just the same anyway, doesn't even safe you a
single keystroke..

-Hannes