> On Jun 23, 2020, at 8:30 PM, Larry Garfield <la...@garfieldtech.com> wrote: > > Greetings, Internalians. > > There has been much talk of the \PHP namespace of late, including one > unsuccessful RFC. In the discussion, the pushback broke down into two main > camps: > > * We should never namespace anything ever. > * We can namespace things but we need something more concrete than "RFCs can > namespace things if they feel like it." > > I can't do much about the former, but the latter is a solvable problem. To > that end, Mark Randall and I have put together a new RFC on the topic, based > on a fruitful discussion in Room 11 a few weeks ago to brainstorm what actual > guidelines should be for what goes where. > > https://wiki.php.net/rfc/php_namespace_policy > > This proposal provides guidance to short circuit future subjective > bikeshedding, while still leaving some wiggle room for case-by-case > evaluation as needed. That makes it different from prior attempts that did > not provide clear guidance for future RFC authors. > > The specific guidelines offered may or may not appeal to you; those are open > to discussion (within reason; we don't want to end up back in "do whatever" > land as we know that won't help), but the more important point is that clear > guidelines are provided. > > Also of note, although it uses existing code to demonstrate where classes > *would* go under this plan it does not immediately move anything. Those are > left for future RFCs that would have to stand or fall on their own merit. It > also provides for a very long grace period for any such transitions to > minimize disruption. > > The intent is to bring this proposal to a vote in time for 8.0's freeze one > way or another, even though it's unlikely to have any impact on 8.0 itself. > It's still a convenient deadline. > > *dons flame retardant suit* >
This looks really good Larry. Very well thought-out. If I could vote it would be a definitive "Yes." -Mike -- PHP Internals - PHP Runtime Development Mailing List To unsubscribe, visit: https://www.php.net/unsub.php
