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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] [RFC] Proposal namespace importing with from syntax
From: ajf@ajf.me (Andrew Faulds)

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On 24/07/12 16:35, Reeze wrote:
> Hi, internals,
> I'm proposing a improvement to namespace importing. when using 'use' statement to import
> many classes, we have to duplicate many times even  we are importing from the same namespace.
>
> I propose a new syntax to import classes\functions\constant in a single statement.
>
> here is the example:
>
> <?php
> // reduce
> use GlobalNamespace\SubSpace\ThirdSpace\Class1;
> use GlobalNamespace\SubSpace\ThirdSpace\Class2;
> use GlobalNamespace\SubSpace\ThirdSpace\ForthSpace\Class3;
> // to
> from GlobalNamespace\SubSpace\ThirdSace use Class1, Class2 as Alias2, ForthSpace\Class3 as Alias3;
> ?>
>
> The above code should be self-explained.
>
> More info could be found at the RFC page and the patch.
>
> RFC: https://wiki.php.net/rfc/namespace-importing-with-from
> PATCH :   https://github.com/reeze/php-src/compare/rfc-from-use
>
> Any Opinion, suggestion, improvement will be much appreciated.
>
> Thanks
>
Ah, so something a la python's from x import y, z? Sounds good. Somewhat 
surprised we don't already have this.

One comment: "use Class1, Class2 as Alias2, ... ;" confuses me a bit. I 
read it as "use (Class1, Class2) as Alias2, ... ;". //Perhaps this is 
just a formatting issue (with newlines it would be more clear), but it 
looks a little weird to me.

Just my 2¢.

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Andrew Faulds
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