Hi,
With namespaces and "use" we'll be introducing a new kind of discrepancy
between a string reference to a function, and the short "use"-enhanced name for
the same function. This becomes very painful, when I want to load a function
before I run it.
Today I would do (due to lack of function autoload.. hopefully one day..):
F::loadFunc('Foo_Bar_Baz');
echo Foo_Bar_Baz();
Tommorow I could attempt to do:
use Foo\Bar as B;
F::loadFunc('B\Baz'); <-- failure, strings are not resolved agains the use
statements
echo B\Baz();
so it becomes:
use Foo\Bar as B;
F::loadFunc('Foo\Bar\Baz'); <-- works, but negates some of the use for "use"...
echo B\Baz();
I suggest we introduce a new construct which will return a string when passed
any identifier to resolve against the current file's use clauses:
nameof Symbol\Name;
With this identifier, the above example can be "normalized" to the following
code:
use Foo\Bar as B;
F::loadFunc(nameof B\Baz); <-- will send 'Foo\Bar\Baz' as the argument
echo B\Baz();
NOTE: As a side effect this means less direct writing of string function/class
names, and less complaints about \ being the escape characters.
Regards,
Stan Vassilev
