Re: [PHP-DEV] namespaces ambiguity From: Stig Sæther Bakken (ssb <email protected>)
Date: 09/30/01

[Andi Gutmans <andi <email protected>>]
> Hey,
>
> I just started playing around with the parser to support the
> namespaces syntax Stig laid out in his RFC. I think I've thought of an
> ambiguity (with constants) which makes me wonder how feasible the
> proposed syntax is.
> Consider the following expression:
> $test?FOO:BAR:BARBARA
>
> Would this mean that the person meant $test?(FOO):(BAR:BARBARA) or
> $test?(FOO:BAR):BARBARA?

Okay, is there another character we can use? Doesn't look that way.
Maybe we need to use two characters then? Since both "::" and "->"
are taken, "//" is the best suggestion I can come up with.

 - Stig 

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  Stig Sæther Bakken <ssb <email protected>>
  Fast Search & Transfer ASA, Trondheim, Norway

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