Newsgroups: php.internals Path: news.php.net Xref: news.php.net php.internals:48134 Return-Path: Mailing-List: contact internals-help@lists.php.net; run by ezmlm Delivered-To: mailing list internals@lists.php.net Received: (qmail 4345 invoked from network); 28 Apr 2010 23:30:07 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO lists.php.net) (127.0.0.1) by localhost with SMTP; 28 Apr 2010 23:30:07 -0000 Authentication-Results: pb1.pair.com smtp.mail=robert@interjinn.com; spf=permerror; sender-id=unknown Authentication-Results: pb1.pair.com header.from=robert@interjinn.com; sender-id=unknown Received-SPF: error (pb1.pair.com: domain interjinn.com from 66.11.173.122 cause and error) X-PHP-List-Original-Sender: robert@interjinn.com X-Host-Fingerprint: 66.11.173.122 unknown Received: from [66.11.173.122] ([66.11.173.122:37172] helo=interjinn.com) by pb1.pair.com (ecelerity 2.1.1.9-wez r(12769M)) with ESMTP id 02/F8-60458-EF4C8DB4 for ; Wed, 28 Apr 2010 19:30:06 -0400 Received: by interjinn.com (Postfix, from userid 5001) id D74DF86B07B; Wed, 28 Apr 2010 19:29:42 -0400 (EDT) X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.2.5 (2008-06-10) on gruknuk.suds X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-4.4 required=7.0 tests=ALL_TRUSTED,BAYES_00 autolearn=ham version=3.2.5 Received: from [192.168.1.3] (blobbie [192.168.1.3]) by interjinn.com (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 3363186B07A; Wed, 28 Apr 2010 19:29:42 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <4BD8C4F9.7000002@interjinn.com> Date: Wed, 28 Apr 2010 19:30:01 -0400 Organization: InterJinn User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.24 (X11/20100317) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: sylvain@abstraction.fr CC: internals@lists.php.net References: <1272491141.3021.59.camel@kheops> <1272493415.3021.75.camel@kheops> <1272494436.3021.80.camel@kheops> In-Reply-To: <1272494436.3021.80.camel@kheops> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] backslash, really ... ? From: robert@interjinn.com (Robert Cummings) Sylvain Rabot wrote: > On Wed, 2010-04-28 at 15:29 -0700, Chad Fulton wrote: >> You can take a look at the RFP if you like. It discusses the pros and cons >> of various possible separators, and why they chose the backslash. >> >> http://wiki.php.net/rfc/namespaceseparator > > Thanks. > >> I've been using namespaces for a >> few months now with the backslash syntax, and I have to say that it doesn't >> effect the aesthetics or readability of my code. Give it some time, I >> suspect you'll get used to it in no time. > > You might not be as stubborned as I can be regarding this matter :P Your stubbornness should have nothing to do with the aesthetics of code operators. You've entered the discussion with a preconceived standpoint. > Backslash is just something not "natural" to me. Anyway, my obsession, > my problem. Was just hopping to find people as disturbed as me :) And yet in Linux we use forward slashes for paths and we've never had a problem also using a forward slash for division, truncation, or one line comments. What have you ever escaped that didn't fall within some kind of string delimiter? A backspace outside of a string delimiter shouldn't cause confusion in most programming languages. Cheers, Rob. -- http://www.interjinn.com Application and Templating Framework for PHP