Re: rename T_PAAMAYIM_NEKUDOTAYIM to T_DOUBLE_COLON

On Mon, Nov 1, 2010 at 9:47 PM, Felipe Pena <felipensp@gmail.com> wrote: > 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. > +1 on implementing this so we don't have to wait for lemon. While knowing how to use a search engine is good, it's even better to not have to and save the time spent on it. > -- > Regards, > Felipe Pena >