Re: rename T_PAAMAYIM_NEKUDOTAYIM to T_DOUBLE_COLON

2010/11/1 Richard Lynch <ceo@l-i-e.com> > On Fri, October 29, 2010 7:47 pm, admin wrote: > > WTF is T_PAAMAYIM_NEKUDOTAYIM? > > > > This has to be THE most asked question by new php developers when they > > come across it. Can we please change the token name to T_DOUBLE_COLON > > so I don't have to hear about it constantly? > > > > Those that disagree don't do enough PHP support to know how often it > > is > > asked. it's worth it. > > -1 > > Instead of renaming the token, I prefer to associate a literal string to each token, to have a legible error message, without the T_ being shown. For example, we could use in the Bison grammar file: %token T_PAAMAYIM_NEKUDOTAYIM "::" So that the error message become: $ sapi/cli/php -r '::' Parse error: syntax error, unexpected :: in Command line code on line 1 Instead of the known "unexpected T_PAAMAYIM_NEKUDOTAYIM" one. -- Regards, Felipe Pena