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To: Anthony Ferrara <ircmaxell@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] Use behavior thoughts
From: mike@php.net (Michael Wallner)

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>=20
> So, I created a PR to remove this error:
> https://github.com/php/php-src/pull/1149 =
<https://github.com/php/php-src/pull/1149>

+1

>=20
> Note that there is no BC break here, as it's removing an error =
condition today.
>=20
> This results in a weird edge case (which is 100% valid, but feels =
odd):
>=20
> <?php
> class Test {}
> use Bar\Test;
> var_dump(new Test); // class(Bar\Test)
>=20
> That's perfectly valid, if not a bit weird.
>=20
> The reverse would error mind you:
>=20
> <?php
> use Bar\Test;
> class Test {}
>=20
> Because you've already defined the symbol Test in the file.
>=20
> To get around this, I've created another PR with a BC break, adding a
> compile error if code comes before `use`:
> https://github.com/php/php-src/pull/1150

-1, the example you gave looks totally valid.

Regards,
Mike


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