Hi guys.
I've searched the archive, but I haven't found anything about this issue.
I notice there exists an RFC for autoloading of functions, or more to the
point, a unified autoloading system for classes, functions, constants and
streams:
https://wiki.php.net/rfc/function_autoloading
Our systems use autoloading to great effect, letting us eliminate any require_once()
to load classes. However, we also have a number of free functions, which
unfortunately can't be loaded the same way and have to be explicitly loaded.
These included for example functions for array operations, and various functions
used in our query builder. For example, we may write code like this:
$condition = ["date" => greater_than(<some date>)];
These functions have no place in a class, and having to prepend a class name
just to make them auto-load leads to cluttered code, and feels forced. If
you want to group such things, namespaces fits the bill.
Reading the RFC, it doesn't appear to have happened anything since 2015,
so I'm wondering if this topic has been discussed at any time, and if so,
what the outcome was?
In any case, I'd also be interested to hear people's opinion on this today.
I think this would be a great addition to eliminate clutter, and legitimate
the use of free functions, which PHP honourably provides.
Regards,
Terje
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