> If they're already namespaced, what prevents one to put it in a class > and use good old PSR-compatible loading? > > Nothing, really... Just countering your specific premise.
> > Those function calls would only kick in if the function/constant wasn't > > already defined, which will be the exception case, so perf isn't a > > strong argument. > > Not according to the code I see in the patch. There I see 2 func calls > (among other things) before the hash is even looked up. > > Well, the patch needs work obviously. I'm living in a magical world where that's already been fixed. :) -Sara