Newsgroups: php.internals
Path: news.php.net
Xref: news.php.net php.internals:58787
Mailing-List: contact internals-help@lists.php.net; run by ezmlm
Received-SPF: error (pb1.pair.com: domain nebm.ist.utl.pt from 193.136.128.21 cause and error)
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed; delsp=yes
To: "PHP Internals List" <internals@lists.php.net>, "Michael Morris"
 <dmgx.michael@gmail.com>
References: <CAGovj_MZC8jx5xK+sWCSpDcmxn0sbEh70vzshMYtVJHsK-BJLg@mail.gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 08 Mar 2012 17:23:03 +0100
MIME-Version: 1.0
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
Organization: =?utf-8?Q?N=C3=BAcleo_de_Eng=2E_Biom=C3=A9di?=
 =?utf-8?Q?ca_do_I=2ES=2ET=2E?=
Message-ID: <op.wau04pf2idpuyk@slws007.slhq.int>
In-Reply-To: <CAGovj_MZC8jx5xK+sWCSpDcmxn0sbEh70vzshMYtVJHsK-BJLg@mail.gmail.com>
User-Agent: Opera Mail/11.61 (Win32)
Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] [RFC] Specify namespace to include file into.
From: glopes@nebm.ist.utl.pt ("Gustavo Lopes")

On Thu, 08 Mar 2012 17:05:19 +0100, Michael Morris  
<dmgx.michael@gmail.com> wrote:

> https://wiki.php.net/rfc/changes_to_include_and_require
>
> Since the reaction to the first of the two suggestions was largely
> negative I've withdrawn it for now to focus on the second of the two
> changes.  In all honestly, these two suggestions should have had
> independent RFC's from the start.
>
> Of the two suggestions this one has the more profound implications to
> the language even if it is simpler to implement.  Thoughts?
>

How exactly would this be useful?

The purpose of namespaces is to avoid collision of symbols.  Are you  
saying they did not solve this problem and you have to rename already  
namespaced files?

I also don't understand your template argument. Why would you need to  
namespace templates? Typically they are included from inside a function  
(and therefore don't change/access the global namespace).

I only see some usefulness as a transitional measure, which would save  
 from namespacing 'legacy' libraries. But PHP 5.5 seems a bit late to  
introduce such measure.

-- 
Gustavo Lopes