Hi Tim,
> Hi
>
> On 4/6/24 17:54, Saki Takamachi wrote:
>> However, in the example from "RFC: Namespaces in bundled PHP extensions", the
>> acronyms are not camelcased. e.g. FFI\FFI, OpenSSL
>> In other words, the RFC can be interpreted as "excluding acronyms" implicitly.
>
> This is correct, because the current class naming policy specifies that acronyms must be
> written in UPPERCASE. Thus the examples are consistent with the current policy.
>
>> Just to clarify: I agree with your RFC. However, I think it is best to avoid vague
>> statements where the meaning changes depending on interpretation, if possible.
>
> I've added namespaced examples:
>
> https://wiki.php.net/rfc/class-naming-acronyms?do=diff&rev2%5B0%5D=1712350524&rev2%5B1%5D=1712419286&difftype=sidebyside
>
>> In fact, due to some ambiguity in the namespace RFC, I couldn't decide whether
>> BCMath's namespace should be "BcMath" or "BCMath”.
>
> With the current policy it should be "BCMath", if my RFC passes it should be
> "BcMath". I think Bcmath would be fine as well, if you consider the extension name to be a
> single word.
>
> Best regards
> Tim Düsterhus
Thanks for adding examples.
Maybe it's the "namespace is implicitly part of the class name" thing that feels
strange to me. Because not only classes but also functions and constants can belong to it.
Regards.
Saki