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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] namespaces and alpha3
From: et@php.net (Stefan Walk)

On Wednesday 15 October 2008 11:16:09 Lester Caine wrote:
> THAT is probably why I am asking the question? And may well be key to my
> understanding why converting non OO code into OO code in PHP is so
> problematic. When I was coding in CC++ more heavily libraries did not need
> to be objects and the 'namespace' just wrapped the code OR the code was
> built as an object. That is what I understand by a namespace, so perhaps I
> do not understand why leaving out functions and constants is acceptable :(

Uhm. Even the standard library in C++ has a lot of classes and objects in the 
std namespace. Boost in boost. Where did you get that notion of exclusive or?

Regards,
Stefan