PHP 5.3 – Namespaces and Late Static Binding

Work on the Mono machine continues. For reasons as yet undisclosed, I'm rebuilding the Mono test box from scratch. I'm not expecting this to resolve the previous issues I experienced while benchmarking Mono, but it is allowing me to tie up some loose ends. More on that soon. In the meantime, I noticed a new article over at Sitepoint about the upcoming PHP 5.3 release, slated for later this year. Apparently some...