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Date: Mon, 2 Jun 2008 10:23:03 +0200 (CEST)
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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] multiple use
From: derick@php.net (Derick Rethans)

On Sun, 1 Jun 2008, Hannes Magnusson wrote:

> 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..

I've to agree with this.

Derick

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