Newsgroups: php.internals Path: news.php.net Xref: news.php.net php.internals:40701 Return-Path: Mailing-List: contact internals-help@lists.php.net; run by ezmlm Delivered-To: mailing list internals@lists.php.net Received: (qmail 13327 invoked from network); 26 Sep 2008 09:59:05 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO lists.php.net) (127.0.0.1) by localhost with SMTP; 26 Sep 2008 09:59:05 -0000 X-Host-Fingerprint: 82.41.135.70 82-41-135-70.cable.ubr02.glen.blueyonder.co.uk Received: from [82.41.135.70] ([82.41.135.70:21088] helo=localhost.localdomain) by pb1.pair.com (ecelerity 2.1.1.9-wez r(12769M)) with ESMTP id C3/41-19781-962BCD84 for ; Fri, 26 Sep 2008 05:59:05 -0400 Message-ID: To: internals@lists.php.net Date: Fri, 26 Sep 2008 10:57:57 +0100 Reply-To: nrixham@gmail.com User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.16 (Windows/20080708) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Posted-By: 82.41.135.70 Subject: Namespace Question - Simple From: nrixham@gmail.com (Nathan Rixham) Hi All, Can anybody answer the following question for me please. Why not follow (exactly) Java's strong static package/namespace system rather than a home grown dynamic namespace system? It works, it's common, logical, robust, a working model to follow, and ties in well with the PHP on Java movement. Regards, Nathan