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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] my last attempt at sanity with namespaces
From: steph@php.net ("Steph Fox")

Hi Stas,

> If you have two distinct sets of code, why you use same namespace for both 
> of them? Namespaces are specifically designed so you could have different 
> sets of code in different places.

I was unclear there, sorry. I was thinking of the situation where 'I use a 
class that happens to have the same name as the namespace in a third-party 
lib I need to use in my application'.

>> nb Stas - I asked the same question about warnings, Greg updated his 
>> proposal since then to answer it.
>
> As it is now, every call to class::method() not accompanied with use 
> should produce E_WARNING.

? That's certainly not how I read it.

> I do not think it is an acceptable situation - this would make code 
> migration a nightmare, since even if you never use functions and never 
> even have any chance for a conflict, you still have to insert hundreds of 
> imports into your code, just to shut up the warnings. I don't think it is 
> a good idea. Feature that you do not need, can not disable and have to 
> work around is called "bug".

Can we double-check this?

- Steph