# [SPAM] Re:  rename T_PAAMAYIM_NEKUDOTAYIM to T_DOUBLE_COLON

- Thread: https://externals.io/message/50049
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- Started by james.butler@edigitalresearch.com on 2010-11-01T12:04:33+00:00
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## #50049 — james.butler@edigitalresearch.com — 2010-11-01T12:04:33+00:00

URL: https://externals.io/message/50049#50049

+1 

This solves lots of other problems we have and will have in the future.

--
James Butler
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> 
> 
> > […]
> Instead of going for this cosmetic nonsense you should help those people on the lemon branch.
> I am insulted every time I have to read a parser token name in an error message, instead of a sensible error message.
> The cost of understanding `T_PAAMAYIM_NEKUDOTAYIM` as part of the current mumbo-jumbo is completely insignificant compared to the cost of actually understanding the error message just indicating what the parser would have expected. 
> 
> Changing to lemon is the only way to actually achieve something in the long run...
> 
> Best regards
> Stefan
> 
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