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--- rfc:additional_soft_reservations_for_php7 [2015/07/03 21:50] – make text clearer nikic
+++ rfc:additional_soft_reservations_for_php7 [2015/07/06 09:57] – clarify further nikic
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 ==== void ====
-**Where**: As a class, interface or trait name.
+**Where**: As the last segment of a class, interface or trait name. As such the names ''Void'' and ''Foo\Bar\Void'' are reserved, while ''Foo\Bar\MyVoid'' and ''Void\Foo\Bar'' are okay.
 **Why**: ''void'' is a likely candidate for the demarcation of void functions (which do not return a value). Alternatively ''null'' can be used for this purpose, which is already reserved. However both possibilities should be kept open until we reach a decision on this question.
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 ==== enum ====
-**Where**: In any context which is not protected by the [[https://wiki.php.net/rfc/context_sensitive_lexer|context sensitivity RFC]]. This includes class, interface and trait names, but also global function and constant names etc.
+**Where**: In any context which is not protected by the [[https://wiki.php.net/rfc/context_sensitive_lexer|context sensitivity RFC]]. This includes any segment of class, interface, trait and function names.
 **Why**: There already is an [[https://wiki.php.net/rfc/enum|enum RFC]] which will be proposed for PHP 7.x and requires this reserved keyword.