PHP: \ as namespace separator. What were they thinking?

Re:PHP: \ as namespace separator. What were they thinking? by andrewf on Sunday October 26, 2008 @07:18AM (#344209)

If past PHP trends are any indication..

PHP 6: "\" is an awesome new feature that makes web development more approachable.

PHP 7: "\" is an awful idea, avoided by the clueful and widely denounced. You can disable it in php.ini, but that's not the default. 80% of practicing developers know none of this.

PHP 8: The php.ini default changes. Gang wars erupt in the shared hosting ghetto. You can force it on or off at the code level, and a comment thread in the PHP manual contains 23 different slightly-broken copy-and-paste snippets.

PHP 9: "\" doesn't exist anymore. Everyone ignores PHP 9 until three weeks before PHP 8 is EOL'd.

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Re:PHP: \ as namespace separator. What were they thinking? by tdavis on Sunday October 26, 2008 @12:48PM (#344386)

PHP 15: PHP 6 finally available in most shared-hosting environments; 95% of developers first read of "\" abortion (errr, awesome new feature)

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Re:PHP: \ as namespace separator. What were they thinking? by tlrobinson on Sunday October 26, 2008 @08:15AM (#344227)

Magic quotes... [shudder]

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Re:PHP: \ as namespace separator. What were they thinking? by zacharydanger on Sunday October 26, 2008 @11:40AM (#344341)

register_globals... [shudder x 2]

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Re:PHP: \ as namespace separator. What were they thinking? by HansF on Monday October 27, 2008 @06:05AM (#345004)

safe_mode... [shudder x 3]

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