Jochem Maas wrote:
> Dmitry Stogov wrote:
>> This is an implementation of Stas idea.
>>
>> 1) Look for existent class in current namespace
>> 2) Look for existent internal class
>> 3) Try to autoload class from current namespace
>>
> 
> both ways have a wtf factor in that class with names
> matching 'internal' class names behave differently.
> 
> afaict you would not be able to autoload class Exception
> from within namespace Foo in the example below.
> 
> currently one cannot create classes named the same as
> 'internal' classes ... obviously.
> 
> I would consider making internal class names illegal
> in namespaces. this would be consistent simple and clear.

If this happens, namespaces will be useless, and we'll be forced to use
_ in all classnames again to avoid potential conflicts with internal
classes.

> 
> also I don't see what would be gained from being allowed
> to do:
> 
> <?php
> 
> namespace Foo;
> class Exception extends Exception {};

That looks awful :).

This should be:

class Exception extends ::Exception {}

Anything else does not strike me as good coding practice.

Greg

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