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Date: Mon, 15 Feb 2021 16:46:58 -0600
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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] Whitespace around Paamayim Nekudotayim (double colon)
From: larry@garfieldtech.com ("Larry Garfield")

On Mon, Feb 15, 2021, at 2:25 PM, Matthew Brown wrote:
> Thanks, now I realise I was probably wrong to bring this up.
>=20
> I had it in my mind that "::" could never appear chained together (thi=
nking
> of constants), but it's just that I've never seen code that chains the=
m
> together =E2=80=93 i.e. this is valid:
>=20
> A::b()::c()::$d::$e =3D 5;

You were not wrong to bring it up.  It's a valid question if you're conf=
used; the end, correct result is to just say "yep, that's a thing" and m=
ove on, but that doesn't mean asking about it was wrong. :-)

--Larry Garfield