Re: [RFC] Rename T_PAAMAYIM_NEKUDOTAYIM to T_DOUBLE_COLON

On Wed, Jun 10, 2020 at 3:33 PM Ryan Jentzsch <ryan.jentzsch@gmail.com> wrote: > OMG the trolling continues even today with this nonsense. Disappointing. > Oh yes. And histrionics will certainly deescalate that issue. > "...yes, it is broken, people have to Google or ask around for a very > unclear error message when for the most part errors are (and should be) > self explanatory > You know what shows up unambiguously in a google search? "Paamayim Nekudotayim". You know what ISN'T unambiguous in a google search? "Double Colon" You know who don't have an excuse to say "Google is hard"? Software engineers. > ...Two things are broken: Either the token is named badly, or the token > names shouldn’t show up in error messages at all and be replaced with > something a bit more friendly. > Token names shouldn't show up. Everyone is agreeing with that statement. Universally. Let's fix that problem rather than create new ones by not addressing the underlying issue. Once again I plead for logic and sanity. At least have the courage to put > it to a vote. > > Absolutely. Put it to a vote. I've got my "no" all locked and loaded. -Sara