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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] [RFC] Importing namespaced functions
From: johannes@schlueters.de (Johannes =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Schl=FCter?=)

On Thu, 2013-08-15 at 14:11 +0100, Marcello Duarte wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Are there any thoughts regarding importing multiple functions of a
> namespace with a wildcard?
> 
> A use case being, for example, assertions from a testing framework.
> 
> use (or use function) TestingFramework\Assertions\<chosen wildcard
> here>; // in java * is used for wildcard

Unlike Java and others we can't easily know all available choices.

Consider

   use (or use function) Foo\*;
   use (or use function) Bar\*;
   foo();

Will this be a global foo, Foo\foo or Bar\bar? This becomes more funny
with the fact that PHP allows includes at runtime

   use (or use function) Foo\*;
   use (or use function) Bar\*;
   foo(); // only \foo() exists
   include 'Foo\foo.php';
   foo(); // Foo\foo() now exists, too

johannes