> Do namespaces require a class repository functionality at all? Well, in this case I see "class repository" more in the meaning of a repository of files that use the namespace functionality, each file holds one class, each one of them bound to the file-extension ".php"
> My understanding is that PHP runs straight through a script (and through > included files - inline), except when calling files with __autoload (which > is why it takes a performance hit?). No exception here when calling __autoload(); you could see _autoload() as a functionality-wrapper for include/require, adding a little bit more logic to it. Best regards Thorsten Suckow-Homberg -- PHP Internals - PHP Runtime Development Mailing List To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php