Re: [alexander.schrijver@gmail.com: Re: [PHP-DEV] RE: [SPAM] Re: [PHP-DEV] rename T_PAAMAYIM_NEKUDOTAYIM to T_DOUBLE_COLON]

On Mon, Nov 01, 2010 at 01:36:24PM +0100, Etienne Kneuss wrote: > > It's the policy: > > > 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. > > > > There is some reason this policy will change after i write this new tokenizer? > > Yes, there is a reason: > > As it was explained before, lemon would not display token names but > actual token "values". So instead of "Unexpected T_PAABLAH" it would say > "Unexpected '::' ..." But the lesson Rasmus was telling us about would go away. Yet, this is one of the reasons the token is being kept. I am confused. Are you telling me this is a lesson for the programmers to be learned? Not for the users?