Hi
On 2026-07-15 19:18, Rowan Tommins [IMSoP] wrote:
On 15 July 2026 16:54:04 BST, Ilija Tovilo <[email protected]>
wrote:
This flag forces the use of a \ prefix, but it's worth noting there
are some communities (e.g. Laravel and Symfony) who have explicitly
rejected the idea of prefixing all functions for readability reasons.
I know it won't change anyone's mind, but for the record, I've always
found this baffling. Adding a single punctuation mark next to function
calls seems far more readable to me than having a huge block of "use
function" lines at the top of every file.
FWIW, I agree. In Visual Studio Code it's also possible to adjust the
styling of namespaces specifically, which would allow tuning down the
backslash:
As an example, this config renders namespaces in black with 50% opacity:
"editor.tokenColorCustomizations": {
"textMateRules": [
{
"scope": "support.other.namespace.php",
"settings": {
"foreground": "#0000007F"
}
}
]
}
Using `punctuation.separator.inheritance.php` as the scope will just
affect the backslash specifically.
Best regards
Tim Düsterhus
