# Renaming namespaces to packages

- Thread: https://externals.io/message/31739
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- Started by Tony Bibbs on 2007-08-20T17:43:27+00:00
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## #31739 — Tony Bibbs — 2007-08-20T17:43:27+00:00

URL: https://externals.io/message/31739#31739

Having watched this thread intently for the past few weeks, we seem to be simply tripping over the semantics of it all, right?

Thinking a bit outside the box, how hard would it be to simply use both names, one as an alias of the other?  In the end the documentation will probably need to outline how the PHP implementation differs from other popular languages.  Just seems silly to let a semantics argument muddy the waters.  

--Tony

----- Original Message ----
From: Stanislav Malyshev <stas@zend.com>
To: Marcus Boerger <helly@php.net>
Cc: PHP Internals List <internals@lists.php.net>
Sent: Monday, August 20, 2007 12:09:34 PM
Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] Renaming namespaces to packages

>   interesting, we are still in prototype form....hmmm since when do we
> commit proto types? I thought we are supposed to show patches until they
> work as expected. So remembering the other new mails you guys wrote
> recently....we might drop all of this again, we might rename all of it, we

I don't think it's likely we drop it, as for renaming - wasn't it you 
who pushed for it? :) I'm all for leaving it as it is :)

> might replace it completley... what the hell is going on here?

Complex opensource project development? Frankly, I don't know how many 
people would even look at it if it was only in patch form - it's very 
big and complex patch.
-- 
Stanislav Malyshev, Zend Software Architect
stas@zend.com   http://www.zend.com/
(408)253-8829   MSN: stas@zend.com

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## #31740 — johannes@php.net — 2007-08-20T18:48:16+00:00

URL: https://externals.io/message/31739#31740 · In reply to: #31739

> Having watched this thread intently for the past few weeks, we seem to
> be simply tripping over the semantics of it all, right?
> 
> Thinking a bit outside the box, how hard would it be to simply use
> both names, one as an alias of the other?  In the end the

NOOOO
This means an keyword more for such little reason and much confusion for
users ("all other stuff uses namespaces - why do they use packages?")
that's no option at all.

> documentation will probably need to outline how the PHP implementation
> differs from other popular languages.

Of course that's important independent of anything else.

johannes

> Just seems silly to let a semantics argument muddy the waters.  
> 
> --Tony
> 
> ----- Original Message ----
> From: Stanislav Malyshev <stas@zend.com>
> To: Marcus Boerger <helly@php.net>
> Cc: PHP Internals List <internals@lists.php.net>
> Sent: Monday, August 20, 2007 12:09:34 PM
> Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] Renaming namespaces to packages
> 
> > […]
> 
> I don't think it's likely we drop it, as for renaming - wasn't it you 
> who pushed for it? :) I'm all for leaving it as it is :)
> 
> > […]
> 
> Complex opensource project development? Frankly, I don't know how many 
> people would even look at it if it was only in patch form - it's very 
> big and complex patch.
> -- 
> Stanislav Malyshev, Zend Software Architect
> stas@zend.com   http://www.zend.com/
> (408)253-8829   MSN: stas@zend.com