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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] Function auto-loading
From: rowan.collins@gmail.com (Rowan Collins)

On 09/08/2016 17:05, Rasmus Schultz wrote:
> I'm suggesting the use-statement be the trigger, rather than actually
> calling the function.
>
> In other words, calls to substr() does not trigger the resolve - a
> statement like "use function substr" on the other hand, does.

Ah, I see. The problem with that is, you still have to explicitly list 
every function you're going to use, so you might as well just use 
require_once, or call "load_function('substr')" directly.


> I think, in practice, it's not going to work much differently from the
> other proposed work-around though - if only qualified references
> trigger auto-loading, then this would trigger auto-loading:
>
>     \foo\bar();
>
> And this would too:
>
>     use foo\bar;
>
>     bar();
>
> But this would not:
>
>     bar();

Yep, that's about the size of it. If I could go back and time and join 
the discussion at the time of PHP 6 / PHP 5.3, I'd argue for simplifying 
the name resolution, so the last one was either always the current 
namespace or always a global name. Pass me that faster-than-light 
telephone... ;)

Regards,
-- 
Rowan Collins
[IMSoP]