RE: [PHP-DEV] [RFC] Constant Scalar Expressions

Am 14.08.2013 08:17 schrieb "Christian Stoller" <stoller@leonex.de>: > > > Hello all, > > > > I'd like to propose a new RFC for 5.NEXT: > > > > https://wiki.php.net/rfc/const_scalar_expressions > > > > This allows for defining constant expressions which are resolved at compile > > time. > > What should that be for? > > > const FOO = 1 + 1; > > const BAZ = "HELLO " . "WORLD!"; > > Why not just writing > > const FOO = 2; > const BAZ = "HELLO WORLD!"; > > I think it makes code les readable. And if you want to give an important hint for the reader of the code, you can still write comments. Other examples are better I think const $flag3 = 1<<7; const $timeout = 60*8; For strings it can make sense to avoid newlines, when you want to split a long string onto several lines. > > > Best regards > Christian