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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] namespaces and alpha3
From: stas@zend.com (Stanislav Malyshev)

Hi!

> We are in alpha indeed, and still looking at proposals, and still 
> without consensus. The last thing I'd want is to see namespace support 
> pushed under the carpet, but I'd rather see it at this stage of 
> development as part of the PHP 6 development cycle (as originally 

Why? What would happen then that can't happen now?

> in its final form. To me at least, that means namespace support is 
> starting to look less and less feasible for 5.3 unless we can agree to 
> never extend namespace support beyond classes. Which we don't.

We could agree on anything, if we only actually worked on agreeing, 
instead of working on it not happening. I am really surprised why you 
put so much effort into trying to undo the much needed feature.
-- 
Stanislav Malyshev, Zend Software Architect
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