Hi, PHP has to be unique, using the double colon notation would be too cliche, but if we're not respecting conventions, why not go with something more exotic? I've always liked the o with the slash trough it. The e with the horizontal colon is also pretty nice. The n with the tilde over it, it so strongly says _n_amespace.
When I read this message first thing I did was check the date, but deep down I knew it wasn't April yet. One of the top reasons why I hate using windows consoles is the dreaded "\" character. Each and every keyboard model I have has this key in a different place, sometimes one hard to reach. Every time I'm in doing a cd in windows I press 2-3 other keys while going for the backslash. That whole rating table over on the PHP wiki is just ridiculous. - type-ability: come on. If anything, it should get -1 there - typo-vulnerability: pretty big, but I think most problems will be escaping rather than typos anyway - number of chars: any sane person will agree that you can write "::" a lot faster than "\" - editor integration: not really, many editors will have trouble, including vim I eagerly await namespaces in PHP, but guys, if you don't have a good idea, I think copying is better than implementing a bad one. \Tudor -- PHP Internals - PHP Runtime Development Mailing List To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
