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Date: Mon, 4 Aug 2008 10:32:26 +0200
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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] Inconsistencies in 5.3
From: mls@pooteeweet.org (Lukas Kahwe Smith)


On 04.08.2008, at 10:28, Stefan Priebsch wrote:

> Hannes Magnusson schrieb:
>> I don't think anyone but him likes multiple namespaces per file. I do
>> remember a PhD thesis sized mail from him explaining why multiple
>> namespaces per file was needed though (can hardly believe anyone read
>> the whole thing..).
>
> In some deployment processes, multiple PHP files are merged together  
> into one file. Symfony, for example, does this, at least optionally.


Right, this is common practice to reduce disk I/O without having to  
make development too hard. Also that way people can pick and choose  
what they want to include (like not all drivers of a DBAL).

regards,
Lukas Kahwe Smith
mls@pooteeweet.org