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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] namespaces and alpha3
From: steph@php.net ("Steph Fox")

> Namespaces are for big projects. Staring big project using namespaces when 
> it's not even clear they'll be in 5.3 is an insane risk, nobody would do 
> it.

Only 8 hours ago, one Jean-Phillipe Serafin wrote: "Many people have 
starting working on top level application using namespaces, so there will a 
very bad buzz over the php community if namespaces are ripped out..." and 
there were further objections on the grounds that namespace support has been 
'announced' on php.net.

I agree with you that it's an insane risk, but that doesn't mean nobody does 
it.

- Steph