Re: supporting the final keyword for properties

From: Date: Tue, 28 May 2013 09:12:16 +0000
Subject: Re: supporting the final keyword for properties
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On 28-5-2013 10:58, Lars Strojny wrote:
Hi Ferenc, Am 28.05.2013 um 08:15 schrieb Ferenc Kovacs <tyra3l@gmail.com>: [...]
I would like it to work the same way as it does in java( http://docs.oracle.com/javase/specs/jls/se7/html/jls-4.html#jls-4.12.4) eg. you can set the initial value either in the declaration or later on, but after it is set, you can't change it, trying to do that would create a recoverable fatal error (or throwing an exception which extends RuntimeException). What do you think? Would this be viable? Is there any still-present reason why we shouldn't support that?
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the accessors rfc got rejected, so I'm bringing this up again.
It’s a good idea in general but what about having it for variables as well? Could open interesting possibilities for an optimizer. final $foo = "str"; $foo = "bar"; // bails out cu, Lars Don't we already have that? It just has a different name: constants.
- Tul

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