Re: rename T_PAAMAYIM_NEKUDOTAYIM to T_DOUBLE_COLON

As you mention, PHP errors are token names. Users have to read the manual to understand them at first sight. Then, what's the matter in having a bit of fun and nostalgia naming the tokens ? Switching to meanful error messages would make your point though. Pierre. Le samedi 30 octobre 2010 à 01:17 -0500, Chad Emrys a écrit : > On 10/29/2010 09:29 PM, James Butler wrote: > > I'll bite. > > > > Why should this be changed? Is it broken? Is it something that 1 second on google > > can't answer? > > If somebody is advanced enough to be using classes (I think about the only time you would > > use a double colon) then they should know what it means. > > > > -- > > James Butler > > Sent from my iPhone > > > > On 30 Oct 2010, at 02:51, "Chad Emrys"<admin@codeangel.org> wrote: > > > > > > > The fact they have to google to figure out what it means, the error > message fails at it's purpose. (Realistically it'll take longer than a > second unless you got google hot keyed to your log reader). I Liked > Stefan's idea in the previous thread to not put token names in the error > messages anymore and replace them with something more meaningful for the > user. However, since that never happened, this is a better/easier > alternative for now. How many total hours of googling will we save > developers for a 10 sec grep and replace? (not sure if it's that easy, > but for the sake of the argument). > > I can see only positives by switching it out. can someone give me a > light on how much it would actually cost to do that? Some negatives? I > don't see the argument given to be entirely helpful because it's exactly > what I am trying to point out as a problem, and the reason why we should > change it. >

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