Re: [PHP-DEV] namespaces ambiguity From: Jon Parise (jon <email protected>)
Date: 09/30/01

On Sun, Sep 30, 2001 at 09:35:15PM +0200, Stig Sther Bakken wrote:

> > 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.

In what context would '//' not indicate the start of a comment? 

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Jon Parise (jon <email protected>)  .  Information Technology (2001)
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