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Answer by Otto for The namespace WPSE
This is actually a terrible idea, and I would suggest that we should not only reject it, but disallow it and actively edit people's answers to NOT have it.Despite how much you want to argue about PHP...
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I agree on the ugliness, but I think a better option for now and the foreseeable future is to use a small docblock.It's code agnosticIt can be parsed by document enginesIt's informative and somewhat...
View ArticleAnswer by EAMann for The namespace WPSE
While I agree that most seasoned developers are running on a system that uses a better version of PHP, I disagree that using a namespace should become a standard convention. As you already pointed out,...
View ArticleAnswer by s_ha_dum for The namespace WPSE
I like the idea-- it would save me from writing _wpse_XXXXXXX after every function-- but I don't think it should be a consideration until WordPress officially requires PHP 5.3. Once that happens, most...
View ArticleAnswer by Stephen Harris for The namespace WPSE
I like the idea, but I don't think it'll work.The premise is that because an answer on the stack exchange site does not work for them (because they are using outdated php), they will upgrade. This...
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I suggest the namespace WPSE for the code snippets we use in our answers.Namespaces are a feature of PHP 5.3; WordPress core requires just PHP 5.2.4 currently. But even PHP 5.3 development has stopped...
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