Why are PHP's system functions all in a global namespace?
Won't this lead to chaos as new functions are added, which have names
which clash with user-defined functions?
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Tim Tyler wrote: Why are PHP's system functions all in a global namespace?
Won't this lead to chaos as new functions are added, which have names which clash with user-defined functions?
simple : do not use php functions as your own names. this would conflict
in ANY language!
regards
timo
Timo Henke <ti******@fli7e.de> wrote or quoted: Tim Tyler wrote:
Why are PHP's system functions all in a global namespace?
Won't this lead to chaos as new functions are added, which have names which clash with user-defined functions?
simple : do not use php functions as your own names.
I was talking about new functions added to PHP.
Avoiding those would apparently require precognition.
Rarely have I seen user functions going into such a crowded namespace -
picking function names feels a bit like navigating a minefield.
this would conflict in ANY language!
Other languages don't put all their functions straight into a global namespace.
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Tim Tyler wrote: Other languages don't put all their functions straight into a global namespace.
I think this issue has more to do with the fact namespaces arn't a feature
of PHP. They will be included in PHP5.
Kind Regards,
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Ian P. Christian
On Sat, 18 Oct 2003 11:30:30 +0100, "Ian P. Christian" <po****@pookey.co.uk>
wrote: Tim Tyler wrote:
Other languages don't put all their functions straight into a global namespace.
I think this issue has more to do with the fact namespaces arn't a feature of PHP. They will be included in PHP5.
The last I heard the developers changed their minds on that, and they're not
going to be implemented.
Which is a big shame, because name clashes are inevitable once there's enough
people working on a PHP project, or you use several libraries in one script. http://news.php.net/article.php?grou...s&article=2124
Hopefully they will, or already have, reversed that decision.
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Andy Hassall wrote: On Sat, 18 Oct 2003 11:30:30 +0100, "Ian P. Christian" <po****@pookey.co.uk> wrote:
Tim Tyler wrote:
Other languages don't put all their functions straight into a global namespace.
I think this issue has more to do with the fact namespaces arn't a feature of PHP. They will be included in PHP5.
The last I heard the developers changed their minds on that, and they're not going to be implemented.
Which is a big shame, because name clashes are inevitable once there's enough people working on a PHP project, or you use several libraries in one script.
Oh, that is a shame :(
I personally use classes though to provide namespaceish functionality.
Auth::getAuth(); etc. etc.
Kind Regards,
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Ian P. Christian
Tim Tyler: Timo Henke <ti******@fli7e.de> wrote or quoted: Tim Tyler wrote:
Why are PHP's system functions all in a global namespace?
Won't this lead to chaos as new functions are added, which have names which clash with user-defined functions?
simple : do not use php functions as your own names.
I was talking about new functions added to PHP.
Avoiding those would apparently require precognition.
Rarely have I seen user functions going into such a crowded namespace - picking function names feels a bit like navigating a minefield.
In my 4 years of PHP experience this has not been a problem for me. I can't
remember ever being bothered by this feature of PHP. It's seems like a
terrible idea, but it doesn't really work that bad.
André Næss
Tim Tyler wrote: Why are PHP's system functions all in a global namespace?
Won't this lead to chaos as new functions are added, which have names which clash with user-defined functions?
Functions typically have a library prefix to get around this:
array_sort()
preg_replace()
..
..
..
It would be nice if this convention were refined and the old functions
would be removed in PHP 5.
With total disregard for any kind of safety measures Keith Bowes
<do****@spam.me> leapt forth and uttered: It would be nice if this convention were refined and the old functions would be removed in PHP 5.
Or at least a series of function aliases put in place that define a
proper naming standard whilst maintaining a certain degree of
backwards-compatibility.
I don't see why this would cause noticable overhead. Many existing
functions already have more than one name.
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Tim Tyler <ti*@tt1lock.org> wrote in message
news:<HM********@bath.ac.uk>... Why are PHP's system functions all in a global namespace?
Because there is no concept of namespace in PHP, I believe.
Won't this lead to chaos as new functions are added, which have names which clash with user-defined functions?
Highly unlikely, especially given the fact that all functions
added after a certain point are prefixed with their extension
name (imap_*, ldap_*, mysql_*, etc.). If you are concerned
with namespace issues, you might as well adopt a similar
approach and prefix all your functions in a similar fashion.
Cheers,
NC
Nikolai Chuvakhin <nc@iname.com> wrote or quoted: If you are concerned with namespace issues, you might as well adopt a similar approach and prefix all your functions in a similar fashion.
Namespaces via a naming convention seems like a hack to me.
For one thing, it fails to make referring to things in your
"own" namespace any easier.
Wouldn't it be better to use classes for this purpose?
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Tim Tyler <ti*@tt1lock.org> wrote in message
news:<Hn********@bath.ac.uk>... Nikolai Chuvakhin <nc@iname.com> wrote or quoted:
If you are concerned with namespace issues, you might as well adopt a similar approach and prefix all your functions in a similar fashion. Namespaces via a naming convention seems like a hack to me.
But it's an easy one; that's what counts in a language that, above all,
is supposed to be simple.
For one thing, it fails to make referring to things in your "own" namespace any easier.
This is by and large a matter of personal taste. You want your
own namespace because having it makes you feel more comfortable.
I don't want my own namespace because having it makes me feel
less comfortable.
Wouldn't it be better to use classes for this purpose?
To some people, yes. To an old-fashioned procedural type like yours
truly, it's an unnecessary and potentially wasteful hassle.
Cheers,
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