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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] PHP 6 : a new API ?
From: andre.romcke@ez.no (=?iso-8859-1?Q?Andr=E9_R=F8mcke?=)

On Feb 20, 2013, at 11:19 , Sebastian Krebs <krebs.seb@gmail.com> wrote:

> 2013/2/20 Klaus Ufo <klausufo@yahoo.fr>
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>> Hi there !
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>> We all know that the current PHP API has flaws. Maybe we could use
>> namespaces to build a new coherent PHP API ? Like :
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>> - \arr
>> - \num
>> - \str
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>> and so on. Advantages :
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>> - no more global functions
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> Just to throw that in: Even if you pack them into namespaces they will
> still remain global functions. They simply don't live in the root-namespa=
ce
> anymore.


+1

So why not avoiding this by adding it as methods of the scalar variable ins=
tead, aka autoboxing.
This would allow the new api to be closer to what people are used to from o=
ther languages, needs far less typing and IDE autocomplete of available fun=
ctions pr type with "->".

More recent example by Nikita Popov, see unit tests of the project for exam=
ples:
https://github.com/nikic/scalar_objects/blob/master/tests/string.phpt#L17


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>> - separation of concerns
>> - backward compatibility
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> - work can be done progressively
>> - easy to add user-defined functions (using php namespaces)
>> - we could provide a \str\utf8 namespace
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>> This is just an idea. I don't know what is your vision for a next PHP 6.
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>> KH
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