Re: [PHP-DEV] [Concept] Flip relative function lookup order (global, then local)

[Rowan Tommins [IMSoP]]

On 23 August 2024 00:15:19 BST, Mike Schinkel <m...@newclarity.net> wrote:
>Having to prefix with a name like Foo, e.g. Foo\strlen() is FAR PREFERABLE to 
>_\strlen() because at least it provides satiating information rather than the 
>empty calories of a cryptic shorthand.  #jmtcw, anyway.

I knew I'd regret keeping the example short. Realistically, it's not a 
substitute for "\Foo\strlen", it's a substitute for 
"\AcmeComponents\SplineReticulator\Utilities\Text\strlen".

Having a syntax for "relative to current" is incredibly common in other 
path-like syntaxes. The most common marker is ".", and ".\foo" is literally how 
you'd refer to something in the current directory under DOS/Windows. But 
unfortunately, we don't have "." available, so I wondered if "_" would feel 
similar enough.

Another option would be to find a shorter keyword than "namespace" to put it in 
front. "ns\strlen(...)" is an obvious step from what we have currently, but 
it's not very obvious what it means, so maybe there's a different word we could 
use.

Rowan Tommins
[IMSoP]