On 11 November 2014 12:11, Robert Stoll <p...@tutteli.ch> wrote: > > -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- > > Von: Robert Stoll [mailto:p...@tutteli.ch] > > Gesendet: Mittwoch, 29. Oktober 2014 20:55 > > An: 'PHP Internals' > > Betreff: [PHP-DEV] forbid use declaration outside of a namespace in PHP 7 > > > > Heya, > > > > I always found it very ugly that it is possible to define a use outside > of a namespace. Consider the following: > > > > namespace{ //default namespace > > } > > > > use foo\Bar; > > > > namespace test{ > > new Bar(); //error, test\Bar not found } > > > > After some thoughts it is quite clear that Bar is test\Bar and not > foo\Bar inside of the namespace test. But consider > the > > following example which is not so obvious: > > > > use foo\Bar; > > namespace test; > > new Bar(); //error, test\Bar not found > > > > The use declaration looks like a normal use declaration at first glance. > > I do not see why we should actually support this "feature" any longer > and thus suggest to remove it in PHP 7. > Although, it is > > not a bug (the use declaration is simply ignored as far as I can tell) I > suppose it confuses the user. > > Nevertheless, even if we declare it as a "feature" I think it should at > least not be a "feature" of the specification > of PHP 7. > > > > Thoughts? > > > > Cheers, > > Robert > > > > > > ps: I first started the discussion @standards, just if you should wonder > why it pops up here now as well: > > http://news.php.net/php.standards/528 > > > > > > > > -- > > PHP Internals - PHP Runtime Development Mailing List To unsubscribe, > visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > No one else who thinks this "feature" should be removed in PHP 7 ? > > I would say that the lack of anyone saying "no, don't do this" probably means everyone is OK with it. Suggest you work up a patch and PR it, then ping the list to highlight it for further discussion.
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