On Thu, Feb 23, 2012 at 4:05 PM, Arthur Richards
<arichards(a)wikimedia.org> wrote:
The correct answer is "I'm sorry this is inconvenient, ask your hosting
provider or find a better one."
I completely agree.
Being able to use features like namespaces and late static binding would be
a huge win. I'm definitely in favor of bumping the minimum PHP version to
5.3.x.
Namespaces are moderately useful. They would've been much nicer
if PHP hadn't decided on completely batshit notation for them.
I'd also like to take a quick moment to put myself on the record as
saying that I think LSB is a hack. It can has its uses, but the vast
majority of examples I've seen in the wild so far are hacks to work
around poor initial design decisions.
Please use features intelligently, not just because they're the shiny
new tool in the drawer.
-Chad