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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] my last attempt at sanity with namespaces
From: larry@garfieldtech.com (Larry Garfield)

On Wednesday 15 October 2008 3:35:11 pm Greg Beaver wrote:
> Hi,
>
> http://wiki.php.net/rfc/namespaceissues

For the first point, #1 but with a less eyestrain-causing separator than :::.  
Easy for both humans and compilers to tell the difference at any point 
without referring back to the top of the file.  Yes that would still mean 
existing namespace alpha code must be revised, but I look at that as "Thank 
you for testing it and finding this design flaw now rather than after it was 
released!"  It's all in the delivery. :-)

For the second point, am I correct in my understanding that existing code that 
doesn't use namespaces at all, under that setup, would not have the extra 
autoload magically popup?  It's just code that declares a namespace that 
would have to also explicitly "use" its internal classes?  If so, then +1 
from me.  If not, I'm undecided.

-- 
Larry Garfield
larry@garfieldtech.com