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Request #43046 Introduce constant NAMESPACE_SEPARATOR
Submitted: 2007-10-19 22:21 UTC Modified: 2007-10-20 14:52 UTC
From: lars at strojny dot net Assigned:
Status: Not a bug Package: Feature/Change Request
PHP Version: 5.3CVS-2007-10-19 (snap) OS: Gentoo Linux
Private report: No CVE-ID: None
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 [2007-10-19 22:21 UTC] lars at strojny dot net 
Description:
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A constant for the namespace separator should be defined. I would propose to define NAMESPACE_SEPARATOR to "::", similiar to DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR.

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 [2007-10-19 22:30 UTC] derick@php.net 
Why is this useful?
 [2007-10-19 22:32 UTC] lars at strojny dot net 
Sorry, wrong version.
 [2007-10-19 22:40 UTC] lars at strojny dot net 
Could help to keep a codebase cleaner and better readable. Take a look at:
$path = str_replace('::', DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR, $class_name);
vs.
$path = str_replace(NAMESPACE_SEPARATOR, DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR, $class_name);
is - in my opinion - easier to understand and better to read.
 [2007-10-19 23:10 UTC] lars at strojny dot net 
Sorry, changed summary by accident
 [2007-10-20 14:52 UTC] johannes@php.net 
The reason for DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR is that the value is platform dependent, the namespace separator isn't.
 
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