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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] namespaces sanity: addition to RFC explaining why Stas's
 proposal doesn't work
From: lester@lsces.co.uk (Lester Caine)

Since this got cut without am answer I'll repeat it since *I* would still like 
to know the answer!

Lester Caine wrote:
> So 'USE' ?
> I'm I understanding things right on this one that one would 'define' the 
> namespace in one sort of header file, and then add the use namespace to 
> those files that build on the basic definition? I'm looking in 
> particular here at a library like ADOdb, where 'adodb.inc.php' has a 
> number of global functions which are then used by the various drivers. 
> So 'adodb.inc.php' would define 'ADOdb' as a namespace and each driver 
> would
> 'use namespace ADOdb'
> 
> This seems a good example to work with and is the reason that simply 
> dropping functions rang alarm bells with me. In fact it was the Date 
> stuff from ADOdb that caused so much trouble with 'Date' in earlier 
> releases so it seems appropriate to investigate how namespace would work 
> with it? There are obviously other ways the problem could be solved, but 
> a simply wrapper is the right approach initially?
> 
> Or am I barking up the wrong tree?

If #3 is intended to work this way then it gets my vote.
Trying to apply namespace something substantial and understanding where the 
code needs to be changed to work seems more logical than some of the academic 
examples.

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Lester Caine - G8HFL
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