Re: Class Constant Finalization

Hi! >> Given that we can now declare a class constant as public, protected, or >> private, can we also declare them final in 7.2? > > That doesn't make much sense to me. Constant belongs to a class. I don't > see much utility in "no class extending from this one can define > constant with the same name". final makes sense when the alternative is > override, and you want to exclude it. But since there's no override > here, no point to exclude anything. Adding to this, you kind of can simulate it with static::, as Nikita described, but if you go as far, you probably know what you're doing and then you should be allowed to do it. Not that I see much point in doing it, but if you want to... -- Stas Malyshev smalyshev@gmail.com