Re: RE: [SPAM] Re: [PHP-DEV] rename T_PAAMAYIM_NEKUDOTAYIM to T_DOUBLE_COLON

Agreed, and really - my experience is that googling non-standard error message usually give instant result. Googling for a common error message could become a big time investment pointing to different software even if you point to search engine for what software to look. 2010/11/1 Dennis Haarbrink <Dennis@born05.nl>: >> -----Oorspronkelijk bericht----- >> Van: Stan Vass [mailto:sv_forums@fmethod.com] >> Verzonden: maandag 1 november 2010 10:19 >> Aan: internals@lists.php.net >> Onderwerp: [SPAM] Re: [PHP-DEV] rename T_PAAMAYIM_NEKUDOTAYIM to >> T_DOUBLE_COLON >> Urgentie: Laag >> >> It's amazing to me this has become such a long discussion. The facts >> are >> simple: >> >> 1) People don't ask for the other parse errors even half as often as >> they as for T_PAAMAYIM_NEKUDOTAYIM >> 2) They do so because it looks like gibberish to them, so it looks >> unlikely to be a common thing you can Google, nor it gives something >> recignizable to start with >> 3) Yes, to all who are not sure, more people know English than Hebrew. >> 4) Yes, we all acknowledge it's an easter egg joke that refers to the >> creators of PHP. But that particular joke has outworn its welcome in >> the community after repeatedly causing support issues. >> >> T_DOUBLE_COLON already exists as a constant in userland, so the jump >> to it won't be an epic change. Let's do it as a proof that we're not a >> nerd gridlock bound to argue forever about even the most minor and >> obviously positive changes PHP can implement. >> >> Stan Vass >> >> >> -- >> PHP Internals - PHP Runtime Development Mailing List To unsubscribe, >> visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > Come on people, what exactly is the problem with a once-in-a-lifetime investment of 5 seconds > of your time to google some stupid error message. Something you, as a developer, spend your life > doing. > > Please, stop complaining about a minor (yes, it is minor, use the fricking search engine!) > annoyance and accept php's heritage. > > And please understand, I do get where all the opponents are coming from, it is an unnecessary > complicated error message (I agree that the language argument is a moot point, in the world of > internet and programming in particular, English is the standard), but you google it once in your > life and then you 'forget' about it. And if you can't remember the meaning of > something like that, I hardly doubt you'd be a decent programmer anyway. > > Regards, > Dennis Haarbrink > > >