On Thu, 25 Feb 2021 at 20:26, Nikita Popov <nikita....@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi internals, > > The question of namespaces in the stdlib has been coming up a lot recently, > so I'd like to present my own stab at resolving this question: > > https://wiki.php.net/rfc/namespaces_in_bundled_extensions > > Relative to a number of previous (declined) proposals, the main difference > is that I do not propose a top-level "PHP\" vendor namespace, and instead > recommend the use of "ExtName\", in line with existing practice for > extensions. I believe this addresses the primary concern with previous > proposals. > > Regards, > Nikita > As one of the co-authors of one of the previously declined RFCs [1] and author of the CSV extension, [2] where I changed from using prefixed functions to a global class called CSV in the same fashion as FFI, I quite like this proposal, and have no issue changing it to conform to the RFC. This sidesteps the issue of the PHP namespace in a very elegant way by not creating a weird dichotomy for "core" (core/standard/SPL) functions, if some of them start using namespaces as they'll only be one level deep and the name is relevant to the functionality they provide. Best regards, George P. Banyard [1] https://wiki.php.net/rfc/php-namespace-in-core [2] https://gitlab.com/Girgias/csv-php-extension/-/commit/dc48b449543b07eaeff575bd143350693f808d74
