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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] Migrating PHP classes to built in namespace
From: yohgaki@ohgaki.net (Yasuo Ohgaki)

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Hi all,

On Thu, Jun 4, 2015 at 12:07 AM, Sara Golemon <pollita@php.net> wrote:

> On Wed, Jun 3, 2015 at 1:33 AM, Dominic Grostate
> <codekestrel@googlemail.com> wrote:
> > Has there been any discussion or consideration towards migrating or at
> > least aliasing all built in classes to a Php vendor namespace?
> >
> Not any that's led to a consensus.
>
> Personally, I like the idea of moving EVERYTHING to PHP\ at once and
> building in an automatic fallback, so an app could do:
>
> <?php
> $dt = new DateTime(...); // uses builtin DataTime via fallback to PHP
> namespace
>
> Or:
>
> <?php
> class DateTime { ... }
> $mydt = new DateTime(...); // Uses user supplied DateTime
> $pdt = new PHP\DateTime(...); // Uses builtin DateTime
>

It's acceptable option, but I prefer explicit declaration for clean root
namespace.


>
> Possibly paired with the ability to import a NS to root:
>
> <?php
> use PHP as \;
> $pdt = new DateTime(...); // Uses builtin DateTime from root namespace


+1 for "as \"
It achieves both clean namespace and compatibility at the same time.
It opens door for easier API version up also. Automatic fallback disturbs
this.

Regards,

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Yasuo Ohgaki
yohgaki@ohgaki.net

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