[PHP] Namespce operator
Backslash? Seriously? I'm hurt that my suggestion of ¬ (ASCII170 ?) wasn't used. :-( -- Richard Heyes HTML5 Canvas graphing for Firefox, Chrome, Opera and Safari: http://www.rgraph.net (Updated March 14th) -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP] Namespce operator
Backslash doesn't sound like it will look very pretty 2009/3/25 Richard Heyes rich...@php.net Backslash? Seriously? I'm hurt that my suggestion of ¬ (ASCII170 ?) wasn't used. :-( -- Richard Heyes HTML5 Canvas graphing for Firefox, Chrome, Opera and Safari: http://www.rgraph.net (Updated March 14th) -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php -- Luke Slater http://dinosaur-os.com/ :O)
Re: [PHP] Namespce operator
Backslash doesn't sound like it will look very pretty Well no, but practically I can't see any dis/advantages. Except that it saves two whole keypresses over something like :::. Think of the RSI lawsuits prevented... -- Richard Heyes HTML5 Canvas graphing for Firefox, Chrome, Opera and Safari: http://www.rgraph.net (Updated March 14th) -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP] Namespce operator
Luke schreef: Backslash doesn't sound like it will look very pretty 2009/3/25 Richard Heyes rich...@php.net Backslash? Seriously? I'm hurt that my suggestion of ¬ (ASCII170 ?) wasn't used. :-( please kill this thread, the namespace operator was heavily discussed multiple times in the last 1-2 years on the internals mailing list. the decision was made a long, long time ago. if you don't track what's going on with regard to language development then you have to just lump it ... and if you do track what's going on and you didn't agree with the arguments and/or decision you also have to lump it. -- Richard Heyes HTML5 Canvas graphing for Firefox, Chrome, Opera and Safari: http://www.rgraph.net (Updated March 14th) -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP] Namespce operator
Backslash? Seriously? I'm hurt that my suggestion of ¬ (ASCII170 ?) wasn't used. :-( Backslash doesn't sound like it will look very pretty Windows and DOS have been getting away with it for the last 25+ years so why can't PHP get in on that action? :P Though I have read the explanation (many, many times) and I still don't understand why '::' wasn't used. MyClass::MyStaticMethod is utilizing namespacing. Why it was felt that '::' as the official namespace operator would mess that up is beyond my ken. :( thnx, Christoph -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP] Namespce operator
Christoph Boget schreef: Backslash? Seriously? I'm hurt that my suggestion of ¬ (ASCII170 ?) wasn't used. :-( Backslash doesn't sound like it will look very pretty Windows and DOS have been getting away with it for the last 25+ years so why can't PHP get in on that action? :P Though I have read the explanation (many, many times) and I still don't understand why '::' wasn't used. MyClass::MyStaticMethod is utilizing namespacing. it's a serious brain hemoraging affair, I had the honour of digging quite deep into this with Greg Beaver ... he proved beyond a shadow of a doubt that there we're serious issues ... and trust me he really delved deep into the problem (and he's way smarter than *most*) we're lucky he put in the work. Why it was felt that '::' as the official namespace operator would mess that up is beyond my ken. :( thnx, Christoph -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP] Namespce operator
On Wed, Mar 25, 2009 at 8:30 AM, Jochem Maas joc...@iamjochem.com wrote: Christoph Boget schreef: Backslash? Seriously? I'm hurt that my suggestion of ¬ (ASCII170 ?) wasn't used. :-( Backslash doesn't sound like it will look very pretty Windows and DOS have been getting away with it for the last 25+ years so why can't PHP get in on that action? :P Though I have read the explanation (many, many times) and I still don't understand why '::' wasn't used. MyClass::MyStaticMethod is utilizing namespacing. it's a serious brain hemoraging affair, I had the honour of digging quite deep into this with Greg Beaver ... he proved beyond a shadow of a doubt that there we're serious issues ... and trust me he really delved deep into the problem (and he's way smarter than *most*) we're lucky he put in the work. Why it was felt that '::' as the official namespace operator would mess that up is beyond my ken. :( thnx, Christoph -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php I think you fell for the bait. :) -- http://www.voom.me | EFnet: #voom -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP] Namespce operator
Jochem Maas wrote: Luke schreef: Backslash doesn't sound like it will look very pretty 2009/3/25 Richard Heyes rich...@php.net Backslash? Seriously? I'm hurt that my suggestion of ¬ (ASCII170 ?) wasn't used. :-( please kill this thread, the namespace operator was heavily discussed multiple times in the last 1-2 years on the internals mailing list. the decision was made a long, long time ago. yeah dunno what muppet reproposed the \ when ::: looking good lololololololololololol -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
