Re: How do you pronounce "::"?
by xdg (Monsignor) on Mar 25, 2008 at 10:35 UTC
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As anonymous said, normally, I treat the :: as a silent word-break.
The exception might sometimes be if I'm speaking of a line of code verbatim, e.g., "you're missing a semicolon on the line 'use Foo colon-colon BarBaz'". But even then, only if I think it might not be clear from context.
-xdg
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Re: How do you pronounce "::"?
by Thelonius (Priest) on Mar 25, 2008 at 14:11 UTC
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There's a tutorial on how to pronounce Perl code here. | [reply] [Watch: Dir/Any] |
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Brillant! No really, that made my morning :)
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Re: How do you pronounce "::"?
by Arunbear (Prior) on Mar 25, 2008 at 11:37 UTC
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When spelling it out, I call it "double colon". | [reply] [Watch: Dir/Any] |
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Re: How do you pronounce "::"?
by Anonymous Monk on Mar 25, 2008 at 09:50 UTC
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Foo::BarBaz is Foo BarBaz and FooBar::Baz is FooBar Baz,
same as MC::McNeal is MC McNeal and MC::MAC::Neal is MC MAC Neal | [reply] [Watch: Dir/Any] |
Re: How do you pronounce "::"?
by merlyn (Sage) on Mar 25, 2008 at 17:51 UTC
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In the Alpaca class, I typically say "colon colon", until I get tired of saying that, and then I leave it out.
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Ah, good point. In any given conversation, you'll probably be saying the same module name more than once. Say it with the colons once or twice, then revert to skipping them once you both know what's being referred to.
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Re: How do you pronounce "::"?
by szabgab (Priest) on Mar 26, 2008 at 07:38 UTC
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We can arrange a meeting if you are interested. We can utter some more words than double colons, too, and drink a beer or whatever. :-)
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And I'd really love to hear you all as you try to guess how to pronounce that.
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I would use Valium first !
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Re: How do you pronounce "::"?
by explorer (Chaplain) on Mar 25, 2008 at 18:42 UTC
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Re: How do you pronounce "::"?
by jmcnamara (Monsignor) on May 09, 2012 at 09:20 UTC
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In C++ "::" is called the "scope resolution operator". People occassionally think that makes a good interview question.
In PHP it has a Hebrew name apparently: Paamayim Nekudotayim.
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John.
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Re: How do you pronounce "::"?
by massa (Hermit) on Jul 11, 2008 at 12:47 UTC
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"dois dois-pontos" (portuguese for "two colons", but literally "two two-dots"); or
"double colon".
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Re: How do you pronounce "::"?
by sandeepbharmoria (Beadle) on Jul 11, 2008 at 11:25 UTC
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I call it DoCO ... (DO)uble (CO)lon...
Because it is easy to pronounce.... :) | [reply] [Watch: Dir/Any] |
Re: How do you pronounce "::"?
by choroba (Cardinal) on May 09, 2012 at 08:04 UTC
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What about "square"? The lines are not there, I know, but... | [reply] [Watch: Dir/Any] |