Re: rename T_PAAMAYIM_NEKUDOTAYIM to T_DOUBLE_COLON

On 10/29/10 11:17 PM, Chad Emrys 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. There are two reasons this term will stay. It is a tip of the hat to the amount of PHP work that came out of Israel, and it is a good reminder that there are a lot of other languages in the world. People whose first language is not English, myself included, are forced to work with unfamiliar terms every day. I wouldn't mind having a few more non-English identifiers in PHP actually. Well, and a third reason, I like it. -Rasmus