Whitespace around Paamayim Nekudotayim (double colon)
| From: | Matthew Brown | Date: | Mon, 15 Feb 2021 05:14:11 +0000 |
| Subject: | Whitespace around Paamayim Nekudotayim (double colon) | ||
| Groups: | php.internals | ||
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Hey all,
Is there interest in prohibiting whitespace around double colons in the
next major PHP version?
I was surprised to learn that PHP treats :: similar to ->, allowing double
colons like
A::
b();
Looking at the top 2,000 packages in Packagist I can't find any evidence of
people using a double colon with whitespace around, and my suspicion is
that the use of it is basically non-existent.
I wonder if there's a benefit to removing a small potential footgun from
the language? I can't really see any benefit to _keeping_ it (unless it
turns out my analysis is wrong, and it's actually wildly popular).
Best wishes,
Matt