2008/10/4 Steph Fox <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: >> This is a dangerous comment. Again to make it clear, with a single >> separator, whatever it may we, we will still have ambiguity. Only with two >> different separators as Greg describes can we really solve this problem. But >> yes, we I presume what you mean to say is that if we want to improve the >> situation we have to find a second separator. > > I wish I had Derick's guts to just say 'classes only, forever'. It's simpler > and cleaner that way, and it's more like the PHP I know and love. But the > way things are going, the PHP I know and love isn't the PHP that's waiting > just over the horizon anyway. > > T_SHALOSH_PIAMIM_NEKUDOTAYIM would solve the problem of ambiguity in > namespace elements, isn't used already, and hopefully would be pretty clear > to humans even outside Israel. ::: has the advantage that it says "something > bigger than a class". And it's relatively easy to check for in the Engine > too. But it's one heck of a mouthful :) > > I'm less happy about retaining the global accessor as ::, and I definitely > don't like the look of nested namespaces that use paamayim nekudotayim as a > separator, because 'scope resolution operator' still means 'classes' to me. > But at least I understand (now) why this is necessary if functions/constants > are to be supported, and if I can understand it it must be easy to document > it. > > @Lukas: tell me when. > > - Steph > > -- > PHP Internals - PHP Runtime Development Mailing List > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > >
For the uninitiated, why do we care what the israelis call a namespace separator? When will we be concerned about the Arabic version? Or the Chinese, Japanese or Klingon version? Or the Elmer Fudd version "twipple-colon"? -- ----- Richard Quadling Zend Certified Engineer : http://zend.com/zce.php?c=ZEND002498&r=213474731 "Standing on the shoulders of some very clever giants!" -- PHP Internals - PHP Runtime Development Mailing List To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
