> > > I feel like the problem here did not get across properly. Calling the > autoloader if a global function with the name exists will totally kill > performance. This means that every call to strpos() or any of the other > functions in the PHP standard library will have to go through the > autoloader first, unless people use fully qualified names (which, > currently, they don't). This is completely out of the question. >
Interesting. I come to a different conclusion: this a great opportunity to get developers to use the fully qualified names. Performance is an incredibly motivating force even in many situations when it shouldn't be.
