Re: Shortening constant names
| From: | Martin Jansen | Date: | Tue, 27 Jun 2006 07:25:05 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: Shortening constant names | ||
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On Mon Jun 26, 2006 at 05:0650PM -0400, Scott Mattocks wrote:
> Olivier Guilyardi wrote:
> >In Structures_DataGrid, could we use SDG instead of DATAGRID as constant
> >prefix?
>
> If you do that, then how are other developers (people extending SDG or
> people needing to compare a return value) that need to access the
> constants supposed to know what they are named? I think it is better to
> stick with convention for the sake of clarity.
I agree. Let's stick with the current naming convention. Or if you
really dislike the name, then port Structures_DataGrid to PHP 5 and use
(shorter) class constants. ;-)
- Martin