Re: Whitespace around Paamayim Nekudotayim (double colon)
| From: | Larry Garfield | Date: | Mon, 15 Feb 2021 22:46:58 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: Whitespace around Paamayim Nekudotayim (double colon) | ||
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On Mon, Feb 15, 2021, at 2:25 PM, Matthew Brown wrote:
> Thanks, now I realise I was probably wrong to bring this up.
>
> I had it in my mind that "::" could never appear chained together (thinking
> of constants), but it's just that I've never seen code that chains them
> together – i.e. this is valid:
>
> A::b()::c()::$d::$e = 5;
You were not wrong to bring it up. It's a valid question if you're confused; the end,
correct result is to just say "yep, that's a thing" and move on, but that
doesn't mean asking about it was wrong. :-)
--Larry Garfield