On Thu, Feb 25, 2021 at 8:11 PM Manuel Canga <p...@manuelcanga.dev> wrote:
> Hi internals,
>
> I would like to present a possible new RFC( "class_name:namespace" ) for
> your consideration.
>
> As you know, namespaces are very important nowdays. They are used in
> autoloaders, Frameworks, CMS, ...
>
> Maybe, you are used to code something similar to this:
>
> ```
> use MyProject\MyHelpers\MyClass;
>
> echo substr( MyClass::class, 0, strrpos( MyClass::class, '\\'));
> ```
>
> or perhaps:
>
> ```
> use MyProject\MyHelpers\MyClass;
>
> $splited_class_name = explode( '\\', MyClass::class );
> array_pop($splited_class_name);
> echo $namespace = implode('\\', $splited_class_name );
> ```
>
> Other option is:
>
> ```
> namespace MyProject\MyHelpers;
>
> class MyClass {
> public const NAMESPACE = __NAMESPACE__;
> }
> ```
>
> However... :(
>
> ```
> namespace MyProject\MyServices;
>
> class MyNewClass extends MyClass{
> }
>
> echo MyNewClass::NAMESPACE; //MyProject\MyHelpers
> ```
>
> All of these examples are ways for getting a thing which PHP compiler
> would resolver fast.
>
> It would be fantastic can code:
>
> MyClass::namespace or static::namespace( for example, in abstract classes )
>
> Don't you think the same ?
Could you please share the use case(s) you have in mind for this?
Regards,
Nikita
