Namespace separator constant

 Hi,

is there any reason why no namespace separator constant exists in PHP. I
have many cases where I concatenate strings to a namespace. This ends up
with many class constants like const NS_SEPARATOR = '\'. A default PHP
constant would be a better way to handle such cases.

It is already constant (i.e. it's always a backslash). What do you
need a constant for? It's not system nor configuration dependent.

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Daniel Egeberg

Hello Christian

2010/8/10 Christian Kaps christian.kaps@mohiva.com:

 Hi,

is there any reason why no namespace separator constant exists in PHP. I
have many cases where I concatenate strings to a namespace. This ends up
with many class constants like const NS_SEPARATOR = '\'. A default PHP
constant would be a better way to handle such cases

There is no reason to add such a constant for language level features,
if you REALLY such a feature then a define() call is all you need:
define('NS_CONSTANT', '\');

I do not see a reason to add such a thing just because the separator
is a backslash which most people belive is a escape character in all
cases outside string interpolation.

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regards,

Kalle Sommer Nielsen
kalle@php.net