Re: Constants in namesapces
| From: | Antony Dovgal | Date: | Wed, 22 Aug 2007 13:20:49 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: Constants in namesapces | ||
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On 22.08.2007 17:03, Dmitry Stogov wrote:
You can have "const" outside namespaces but they are not real compile-time constants. They are set during execution in the same way as define() does. <?php const DIR = dirname(__FILE__); echo DIR; ?>Don't you think it's bad idea to use the same 'const' syntax, but different behavior? I believe it would be really confusing for users, as class constants are set in compile time, thus 'const DIR = dirname(__FILE__);' is not possible. -- Wbr, Antony Dovgal