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WTF is a T_DOUBLE_COLON?! #4290

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hikari-no-yume opened this issue Nov 20, 2014 · 5 comments
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WTF is a T_DOUBLE_COLON?! #4290

hikari-no-yume opened this issue Nov 20, 2014 · 5 comments
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@hikari-no-yume
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Everyone knows it's T_PAAMAYIM_NEKUDOTAYIM! C'mon, guys!
@fredemmott
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These have identical values in PHP5, PHP7, and HHVM. T_PAAMAYIM_NEKUDOTAYIM is still defined and usable in HHVM. The only difference I'm aware of is the string we output in error messages.

If this is causing a practical problem, could you comment with an example?

@hikari-no-yume
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I don't object to the constant alias. What I object to is the renaming of the familiar syntax token. PHP programmers have got used to T_PAAMAYIM_NEKUDOTAYIM. Why needlessly change it?

@SiebelsTim
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Because PHP changed it and we had bad zend test due to it.
http://3v4l.org/RjmUW

@fredemmott
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  • HHVM's behavior is more internally consistent: http://3v4l.org/2T8qQ
  • this is a usability improvement without breaking any real-world code that we're aware of

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filed https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=68467 for the inconsistency

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