2010/4/29 Sylvain Rabot <sylv...@abstraction.fr>: > On Wed, 2010-04-28 at 15:29 -0700, Chad Fulton wrote: >> You can take a look at the RFP if you like. It discusses the pros and cons >> of various possible separators, and why they chose the backslash. >> >> http://wiki.php.net/rfc/namespaceseparator > > Thanks. > >> >> <http://wiki.php.net/rfc/namespaceseparator>I've been using namespaces for a >> few months now with the backslash syntax, and I have to say that it doesn't >> effect the aesthetics or readability of my code. Give it some time, I >> suspect you'll get used to it in no time. > > You might not be as stubborned as I can be regarding this matter :P > > Backslash is just something not "natural" to me. Anyway, my obsession, > my problem. Was just hopping to find people as disturbed as me :) > >> >> On Wed, Apr 28, 2010 at 3:23 PM, Sylvain Rabot <sylv...@abstraction.fr>wrote: >> >> > On Wed, 2010-04-28 at 16:58 -0500, Matt Wilson wrote: >> > > So, you decided to jump in to criticize a design decision that went in >> > after several months of discussion, without any insight into why it was >> > done >> > the way it was? >> > > >> > >> > Not really criticizing, maybe a bit, but more expressing my >> > disappointment regarding aesthetic loss that the choice made has lead >> > to. It might not concern you but it does concern me and probably other >> > people too. >> > >> > I admit I have no knowledge of what have been told during the months of >> > discussion you are referring to. However, you seem to have this >> > knowledge, so I would be grateful if you could tell me if the aesthetic >> > of the backslash token has been discussed and even more if you can >> > redirect me to a discussion thread. >> > >> > Regards. >> > >> > > On Apr 28, 2010, at 4:45 PM, Sylvain Rabot wrote: >> > > >> > > > Hi, >> > > > >> > > > The comment I'm about to make is behind the times, and, now, useless, I >> > > > know, but I can't hold me. >> > > > >> > > > You chose for the namespace feature, a great feature besides, the >> > > > backslash ?? really ?? Come on guys, among all the possibilities, you >> > > > have chosen, according to me, the most hideous character possible. >> > > > >> > > > Having Windows©®™ path like strings in the middle of source code is not >> > > > something that is going to make me use the feature. >> > > > >> > > > PHP syntax was simple, clean. To me, the backslash token ruins >> > > > everything. Using it aside from escaping was something I have never >> > > > considered, have you ? Do you like it ? >> > > > >> > > > The goal of backslash was maybe to highlight namespace in the source >> > > > code, if it was, congrats, we only see that now. >> > > > To my opinion it breaks all esthetic's balance of a source code. >> > > > >> > > > No need to respond that I should have contribute to the choice, believe >> > > > me, if I could have, I would have. >> > > > >> > > > This was just the comment of a simple guy which is very concerned about >> > > > source code esthetic's and believes that a neat, well balanced code is >> > > > more likely to be well maintained that any other one.
It's because you're using a french keyboard and you have to hit two keys (Alt-gr + 8) to obtain a backslash. I agree with you it could be boring, that why when I'm coding I'm sometimes using a qwerty keymap :) ++ Jerome >> > > > >> > > > Best regards. >> > > > >> > > > -- >> > > > Sylvain Rabot <sylv...@abstraction.fr> >> > > >> > > >> > >> > >> > -- >> > Sylvain Rabot <sylv...@abstraction.fr> >> > > > > -- > Sylvain Rabot <sylv...@abstraction.fr> > -- PHP Internals - PHP Runtime Development Mailing List To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
