Bug #66822 [NEW]: Cannot use T_POW in const expression...

From: david at orlandophp dot org Operating system: Mac OS X 10.9.2 PHP version: 5.6.0alpha2 Package: *General Issues Bug Type: Bug Bug description:Cannot use T_POW in const expression... Description: ------------ Expected: Defining a constant with the const keyword and an expression that contains the T_POW (**) operator, the constant should be set to the value of the expression. Actual: Using the T_POW operator in a const statement produces a Parse Error with message: "Parse error: syntax error, unexpected '**' (T_POW)" Test script: --------------- <?php const MOLE = 2 ** 27; echo MOLE; Expected result: ---------------- 134217728 Actual result: -------------- Parse error: syntax error, unexpected '**' (T_POW) in example.php on line 2 -- Edit bug report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=66822&edit=1 -- Try a snapshot (PHP 5.4): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=66822&r=trysnapshot54 Try a snapshot (PHP 5.5): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=66822&r=trysnapshot55 Try a snapshot (trunk): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=66822&r=trysnapshottrunk Fixed in SVN: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=66822&r=fixed Fixed in release: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=66822&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=66822&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=66822&r=needscript Try newer version: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=66822&r=oldversion Not developer issue: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=66822&r=support Expected behavior: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=66822&r=notwrong Not enough info: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=66822&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=66822&r=submittedtwice register_globals: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=66822&r=globals PHP 4 support discontinued: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=66822&r=php4 Daylight Savings: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=66822&r=dst IIS Stability: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=66822&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=66822&r=gnused Floating point limitations: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=66822&r=float No Zend Extensions: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=66822&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=66822&r=mysqlcfg