Req #76721 [Com]: T_PAAMAYIM_NEKUDOTAYIM

Edit report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=76721&edit=1 ID: 76721 Comment by: s dot rotondo90 at gmail dot com Reported by: s dot rotondo90 at gmail dot com Summary: T_PAAMAYIM_NEKUDOTAYIM Status: Open Type: Feature/Change Request Package: *General Issues Operating System: Any PHP Version: 7.1.20 Block user comment: N Private report: N New Comment: It's because it was discussed million of times that this should be considered. That means that a large number of developers finds it to be highly misleading and the php core team should at least have to ask why reports like this continue to appears after something like sixteen years from the first one i was able to find. I'm asking this feature change to point it out about an annoying fact that all of the developers out there knows well. Small changes like this will improve the language readability, nobody asked it for just the sake of changing it (as i read in a report before). Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2018-08-08 10:05:13] spam2 at rhsoft dot net while i am not a php-developer: that was discussed and reported a million times and won't happen ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2018-08-08 10:01:03] s dot rotondo90 at gmail dot com Description: ------------ In some error cases PHP returns the error "Unexpected T_PAAMAYIM_NEKUDOTAYIM" which is in hebrew language rather than english. This is confusing and causes a lot of time wasting for those who are new to this error. It would be more consistent to use an english descriptor such as "Unexpected T_SCOPE_OPERATOR" or something similiar that instantly lets you to exactly know where the problem is without having to google it. Test script: --------------- <?php ::testCase(); Expected result: ---------------- Parse error: syntax error, unexpected '::' (T_SCOPE_OPERATOR), expecting end of file in [...][...] on line 3 Actual result: -------------- Parse error: syntax error, unexpected '::' (T_PAAMAYIM_NEKUDOTAYIM), expecting end of file in [...][...] on line 3 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=76721&edit=1