On Wed, May 16, 2012 at 6:52 PM, Max Semenik <[email protected]> wrote: > Frankly, the namespace syntax in PHP is so atrocitous that I would > like to never see namespaces in out code:P Seriously though, I think > we should start slowly, maybe not including namespaces in 1.20 and > then tread carefully - some extension devs might want to be compatible > with older MW versions that support PHP 5.2. >
I agree. I think the syntax was completely batshit, and it makes me cringe whenever I see it. Don't expect me to use them ;-) That being said, I don't see any real harm in writing up some guidelines if extensions want to use them--but please let's tread carefully here. Shiny new features are not always better features. -Chad _______________________________________________ Wikitech-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l
