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

[Rowan Tommins [IMSoP]]

On 23 August 2024 01:42:38 BST, Nick Lockheart <li...@ageofdream.com> wrote:
>
>> 
>> BUT, if people already complain about "\" being ugly, having to write
>> "namespace\" is going to make them REALLY grumpy...
>> So maybe at the same time (or, probably, in advance) we need to come
>> up with a nicer syntax for explicitly referencing the current
>> namespace.
>
>    namespace foo using global functions;
>
> - or - 
>
>    namespace foo using local functions;
>
>
>Tell PHP what you want at the per-file level.


This doesn't seem mutually exclusive to me. If you have a file where you've 
opted for "using global functions", you might want a way to reference a 
function in the current namespace. 

It also doesn't address my other point, that having global as the default mode 
(even if we provide an option for local) is much less disruptive to existing 
code.

Regards,
Rowan Tommins
[IMSoP]