PHP 5 Namespace separators

Grim... · **Posted:** Tue Oct 28, 2008 16:09

PHP5 is getting the backslash as the namespace separator? What the fuck? Er, hello, we use that one for escaping characters in strings. I understand your reasons, but hell, there are plenty of other things you could use, like, I don't know, . maybe?

As someone pointed out: [...]this is (one of) the many reasons PHP sucks:

Code:

Java:
Attribute/Method access: foo.bar
Static method access:    Foo.bar
Package access:          foo.bar.baz

C#:
Attribute/Method access: foo.bar
Static method access:    Foo.bar
Namespace access:        foo.bar.baz

Python:
Attribute/Method access: foo.bar
Static method access:    Foo.bar
Module access:           foo.bar.baz

PHP:
Attribute/Method access: $foo->bar
Static method access:    Foo::bar
Namespace access:        foo\bar\baz

What the Hell?

Doctor Glyndwr · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 32624

Yes, this was my reaction. I don't really for PHP and stuff like this doesn't help change my opinions.

Grim... · **Posted:** Tue Oct 28, 2008 16:12

Doctor Glyndwr wrote:

I don't really for PHP and stuff

Indeed. Doctor of whatnow?

MaliA · **Posted:** Tue Oct 28, 2008 16:14

Gay. It is.

Plissken · **Posted:** Tue Oct 28, 2008 16:16

I'm pretty sure it isn't Doctor of Gay.

Doctor Glyndwr · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 32624

Grim... wrote:

Doctor Glyndwr wrote:

I don't really for PHP and stuff

Indeed. Doctor of whatnow?

Me fail English? That's unpossible!

I meant to type "I don't really like PHP, and stuff like this rubbish isn't making me warm to it" but it got lost in a redraft.

Cras · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 49252

Plissken wrote:

I'm pretty sure it isn't Doctor of Gay.

I'm not convinced.

JamesOff · **Joined:** 31st Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 116

I was briefly entertained by this, followed by forming a steely resolve to never use namespaces in PHP ever.

Mr Russell · **Joined:** 6th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 12357

As I'm considering my first venture into php this is a sure fire way to make me investigate something else instead. All those other languages use the same conventions for goodness sake.

Pod · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 2568

Use Ruby. It's ace.

Grim... · **Posted:** Tue Oct 28, 2008 23:40

Pod wrote:

Use Ruby. It's ace.

Outside. Now.

Grim... · **Posted:** Tue Oct 28, 2008 23:43

Here is a scientific graph, drawn by my cousin:

Pod · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 2568

I said Ruby, not Rails.

But that's because I wouldn't touch web development with a barge pole. Only fools do that.
edit: Also, Rails developers have a brilliant reason to be smug: They're using Ruby! And Ruby is Ace. It's like Perl but dead, dead, dead better.

MrD · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 2139

PHP using . as a namespace operator would cause EXPLOSIONS.

Pod · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 2568

Alows Classes and Namespaces to have the same name is a ridiculous idea.

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