after much more thought I think you're option #2 is actually best however the choice of ":::" separator in the example really confuses things and makes at an instant turn off..
This concept was originally presented using the ".." separator, and has been presented with others since. The separator isn't the issue with option #2 so much as that it's not a familar approach from other languages, and it's not particularly intuitive either. I like #2 too, but it's become apparent from the voting pattern that people really don't get it. We had a long discussion on the list about this exact option using the ':::' separator earlier in the week where many agreed to it in theory, but didn't actually recognise the exact same proposal when they saw it on the wiki.
I think that pretty much disqualifies it as a solution for ns resolution in PHP, sadly. If people on this list aren't able to fully grasp the concept, it doesn't have a hope in user space.
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