Well, the problem is: '->' isn't used for classes. It's used for
objects! An object is an instance of a class. '~>' Would be more
appropriate if there would be such a thing as an instance of a
namespace. But not for accessing the namespace itself. (In my opinion)
This is why I think it should be something similar to :: and not to ->
or anything with >.
Personally I *really* prefer :: since, from a programming point of view,
a namespace "container" acts almost the same as a class "container". I
think this is also more consistent with other programming languages. But
people said this would be a performance hit.
So, if performance really is an issue. How about ;; then?
name1;;name2::myfunction();
Ron Korving wrote:
wow, I like foo~>bar~>obj->method()
I love ':' best, but if that really can't be, I must say '~>' looks pretty
cool to me, cute even, like a little fishie ;)
anywaaay.. the best alternative to ':' i've seen so far, and i doubt it'll
cause problems with any existing operator.
- ron
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On 28 November 2005 09:50, Stanislav Malyshev wrote:
BUT the discussion is not only about possibility but also about
what you would like. The ":" for example would work if mandatory
whitespace would be introduced for the ternary BUT this is very
very bad.
If my vote is counted (not that I asked for it :) then I vote against
all funky syntax, present and future. :: is only thing that is
obvious and somehow connected to the world of PHP as we know it now.
Wow! I go home early on a Friday, and come back to a veritable php-dev
flood in my Inbox! That must be the most active weekend since I started
reading the list!!
My point of view is similar to Stanislav's: any operator chosen should have
some echo of existing syntax -- this rules out the original suggestion of \
and many of the suggested alternatives. I'm also completely against any
solution that introduces new enforced whitespace, however unlikely the
construct -- that just doesn't seem like "the PHP way".
The two existing "class to member" operators are :: and ->, so I'd be
looking at analogues of these. I'm not keen on :: itself performing
double-duty here, and I hate ::: and most of the repeated-character
suggestions (%%, .., **, etc.) -- especially as the single-character
versions all have completely unrelated meanings.
This leaves me looking for something not dissimilar to ->. It's a shame
that => is already taken, as that would have done nicely. :> (or ::>),
despite their smiley-ness, are actually quite clever suggestions, containing
echoes of both :: and -> -- I'd be ok with either of these. Another
possibility I haven't seen offered, and that has strong echoes of ->, is ~>.
I can't see any conflicts here, it's sufficiently similar to be obviously
related, but sufficiently different to be easily distinguished.
What do people think?
(Space for flame here...)
Cheers!
Mike
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