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Request #80133 Allow reserved word 'list' to be used for namespaces (and classnames)
Submitted: 2020-09-22 14:55 UTC Modified: 2020-09-30 13:39 UTC
From: flexjoly at vfweb dot nl Assigned: cmb (profile)
Status: Closed Package: Class/Object related
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 [2020-09-22 14:55 UTC] flexjoly at vfweb dot nl 
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Hi,

That 'list' is a reserved word is understandable. But also very annoying. For you need it a lot. Almost any crud has one or more lists.

I have (abstract base) classes like:
\data\data\Data
\data\data\DataInterface
\data\data\DataFactory

\data\record\Record
\data\record\RecordInterface
\data\record\RecordFactory

and I need:
\data\list\List (or \data\list\ListData)
\data\list\ListInterface
\data\list\ListFactory

But those are impossible.....
So instead of list we now use: listdata\ListData
Which is not consistent in our way of naming.

Now I wanted to make:
\import\list\ImportList

But even this is impossible. 


https://www.php.net/manual/en/reserved.keywords.php
Since 7.0 many "keywords are allowed as property, constant, and method names".

It would be so nice if they would also be allowed as namespace. 

Greetz, flexjoly

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 [2020-09-22 15:04 UTC] cmb@php.net
-Status: Open +Status: Closed -Assigned To: +Assigned To: cmb
 [2020-09-22 15:04 UTC] cmb@php.net 
You can use `list` as part of a namespace name as of PHP 8.0.0[1].
Using the keyword as standalone classname can't be supported,
though.

[1] <https://3v4l.org/hkth0>
 [2020-09-25 12:48 UTC] flexjoly at vfweb dot nl
-Summary: Allow reserved word 'list' to be used for namespaces (and classnames) +Summary: Please add late-defining for class constants -PHP Version: Next Minor Version +PHP Version: Irrelevant
 [2020-09-25 12:48 UTC] flexjoly at vfweb dot nl 
That is great news!
Thanks!
 [2020-09-30 13:39 UTC] flexjoly at vfweb dot nl
-Summary: Please add late-defining for class constants +Summary: Allow reserved word 'list' to be used for namespaces (and classnames) -Package: *General Issues +Package: Class/Object related
 [2020-09-30 13:39 UTC] flexjoly at vfweb dot nl 
Title and package were wrongly changed
 
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