[news.eclipse.tools.pdt] Re: Requirements for namespace support in PDT

[Karsten Dambekalns <karsten@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi again.

Now the namespaces syntax has been finalised and alpha3 of PHP 5.3.0 has 
been released. First projects have switched to the new syntax. One of 
those projects is our framework FLOW3.

We have tons of code, and auto-completion and error detection were very 
helpful until namespaces arrived. That's the cost of using bleeding 
egde, but we have been bleeding for a while now, so... we'd like to have 
our tools back. At least an IDE that helps, for a start.

Could someone please tell us whether it might make sense to wait for PDT 
supporting this? I heard from the Apatana people that they will fix[1] 
their IDE "as soon as possible". That is a lot more promising than *not* 
saying *anything*.

So, I started this list a while ago, as requested. Any news?

On 16.09.2008 11:06 Uhr, Karsten Dambekalns wrote:
> As asked by Roy this thread should collect requirements for a useful
> support of PHP namespaces in PDT (and Zend Studio).
 ...
> 1. Make the syntax checker aware of the new keyword.
> Currently I appear to have more than 11500 errors, but the code
> works...
> 2. Make auto completion work again. If I declare some variable to be of
> type Some::Thing::Here it's members should be offered by auto-
> completion.
> 3. Hint on using :: to explicitly specify the global namespace for
> internal classes (either checking a list of PHP's internal classes or
> checking against all classes defined in the current namespace.
> 4. If more than one namespace is used in a file, make it visible in the
> outline. Maybe even if it's just one namespace.

Regards,
Karsten

[1] Yes, fix. Namespaces will be a first class language feature with the 
next PHP version. Not having support for that is a bug IMHO. Think about it.