Re: [PHP-DEV] reserved word alert

2007-08-25 Thread Richard Lynch
I think we should rename flex to something else because you just confused me with that new Adobe not-quite-flash flex thingie... :-) :-) ;-) Just Kidding!!! (Not about the confusing me part, as we all know that's trivial...) On Mon, August 20, 2007 5:04 am, Marcus Boerger wrote: Hello

Re: [PHP-DEV] reserved word alert

2007-08-20 Thread Marcus Boerger
Hello Gregory, the good news on this fron is that re2c meanwhile has a new beta version with flex like conditoin support. Also when changing from flex to re2c we should switch from bison to lemon. All in all a damn huge amount of work. But the result would be much cleaner, faster, more

Re: [PHP-DEV] reserved word alert

2007-08-17 Thread Ralph Schindler
Hey David Lucas, I brought this up a year ago on the list here: http://marc.info/?t=11472819373r=1w=2 Essentially, the trend will continue to be that as keyword requiring features are added, the global naming space will continue to become smaller and less safe for older applications

Re: [PHP-DEV] reserved word alert

2007-08-17 Thread Gregory Beaver
Ralph Schindler wrote: Hey David Lucas, I brought this up a year ago on the list here: http://marc.info/?t=11472819373r=1w=2 Essentially, the trend will continue to be that as keyword requiring features are added, the global naming space will continue to become smaller and less

Re: [PHP-DEV] reserved word alert

2007-08-16 Thread Marcus Boerger
Hello Lukas, this is a no issue. Prefix your code and be done! marcus Wednesday, August 15, 2007, 3:37:20 PM, you wrote: Hi, Someone in the Doctrine channel just brought up the issue of having to look forward to ensure mid term compatibility when choosing names for identifiers. I

Re: [PHP-DEV] reserved word alert

2007-08-16 Thread Nicolas Bérard-Nault
In that specific case, a method called import() was in cause (of course, conflicting with the namespace/package/whatever package). Do you propose prefixing all method names ? On 8/16/07, Marcus Boerger [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello Lukas, this is a no issue. Prefix your code and be done!

Re: [PHP-DEV] reserved word alert

2007-08-16 Thread Marcus Boerger
Hello Nicolas, yes. All my global functions and my classes are prefixed. marcus Thursday, August 16, 2007, 10:37:30 PM, you wrote: In that specific case, a method called import() was in cause (of course, conflicting with the namespace/package/whatever package). Do you propose prefixing

Re: [PHP-DEV] reserved word alert

2007-08-16 Thread David Coallier
On 8/16/07, Marcus Boerger [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello Lukas, this is a no issue. Prefix your code and be done! That means prefixing your methods as well ? The problem is when one calls something like a method import() You prefix your functions ? I think this is silly. Prefix the class

Re: [PHP-DEV] reserved word alert

2007-08-16 Thread Nicolas Bérard-Nault
I wasn't talking about global functions and classes, I was talking about class methods. David pretty much sums this up in his email. On 8/16/07, Marcus Boerger [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello Nicolas, yes. All my global functions and my classes are prefixed. marcus Thursday, August 16,

Re: [PHP-DEV] reserved word alert

2007-08-15 Thread Alain Williams
On Wed, Aug 15, 2007 at 03:37:20PM +0200, Lukas Kahwe Smith wrote: Hi, Someone in the Doctrine channel just brought up the issue of having to look forward to ensure mid term compatibility when choosing names for identifiers. I guess with namespaces and other things will add new reserved

[PHP-DEV] reserved word alert

2007-08-15 Thread Lukas Kahwe Smith
Hi, Someone in the Doctrine channel just brought up the issue of having to look forward to ensure mid term compatibility when choosing names for identifiers. I guess with namespaces and other things will add new reserved words. I think we should have a prominent place on php.net with early

Re: [PHP-DEV] reserved word alert

2007-08-15 Thread Hannes Magnusson
On 8/15/07, Alain Williams [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Wed, Aug 15, 2007 at 03:37:20PM +0200, Lukas Kahwe Smith wrote: Hi, Someone in the Doctrine channel just brought up the issue of having to look forward to ensure mid term compatibility when choosing names for identifiers. I guess

Re: [PHP-DEV] reserved word alert

2007-08-15 Thread Tomas Kuliavas
Someone in the Doctrine channel just brought up the issue of having to look forward to ensure mid term compatibility when choosing names for identifiers. I guess with namespaces and other things will add new reserved words. I think we should have a prominent place on php.net with early

Re: [PHP-DEV] reserved word alert

2007-08-15 Thread Lukas Kahwe Smith
Hannes Magnusson wrote: On 8/15/07, Lukas Kahwe Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, Someone in the Doctrine channel just brought up the issue of having to look forward to ensure mid term compatibility when choosing names for identifiers. I guess with namespaces and other things will add new