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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] namespaces sanity: addition to RFC explaining why Stas's
 proposal doesn't work
From: justin.carlson@gmail.com (Justin Carlson)


I vote for option 3.

http://wiki.php.net/rfc/namespaceissues

Seems like the best fit all around.




Steph Fox wrote:
> Hannes, Lester...
>
>>>> Can we please start small and then incrementally add more features?
>>>> Lets start with classes only in namespaces in 5.3.
>>>
>>> The problem with that statement is that if it is used to ignore the 
>>> other
>>> problems, then at some point it may be necessary to re-write all the 
>>> new
>>> namespace code simply to allow additional features to be added!
>>
>> tough luck. If it needs total rewrite in the future then it needs
>> total rewrite now to support the additional features anyway.
>
> That was my argument for the entire first half of this week. If either 
> of you had looked at Greg's latest idea, you'd know that it removes 
> that problem entirely.
>
> Please go and look at his proposals at 
> http://wiki.php.net/rfc/namespaceissues, and then vote?
>
> Thanks,
>
> - Steph
>
>