Re: Constants and Access Modifiers
| From: | Niklas Keller | Date: | Sun, 05 Nov 2017 12:03:57 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: Constants and Access Modifiers | ||
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>
> Hi!
>
> > My wording was maybe a bit wrong here, and I was biased by the fact that
> > I would like to see abstract constants. The fact that not everything can
>
> What is "abstract constant"? If you need something that can change, just
> use a method. Constant is meant to be a nice way to write something
> inherently constant, such as instead of "/very long
> (and+)cubmber|some?*regexp/" you'd write NICE_REGEXP_CONSTANT. But it's
> not supposed to create parallel inheritance structure or something. If
> it needs to be non-constant, just use a method.
>
Totally agree with that. We should deprecate constant inheritance instead.
Regards, Niklas