[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #23186: Standards Change Proposal

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#23186: Standards Change Proposal
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 Reporter:  cportwood        |       Owner:
     Type:  feature request  |      Status:  new
 Priority:  normal           |   Milestone:  Awaiting Review
Component:  Formatting       |     Version:
 Severity:  minor            |  Resolution:
 Keywords:                   |
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Comment (by nacin):

 Until we make PHP 5.3 the minimum requirement — or, at the very least, a
 solid majority of WP sites run on PHP 5.3, which isn't the case (34%) — I
 don't think we should be recommending the use of namespaces at all, and
 listing it in our coding standards could prematurely alienate the majority
 of users who then might be stuck with 5.3-only plugins.

 Not that I wouldn't discourage gentle nudging by plugin authors to get
 users to update to 5.3, but I don't think it's a good idea to formally
 push developers in that direction.

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