Re: Shortening constant names
| From: | Martin Jansen | Date: | Tue, 27 Jun 2006 07:32:25 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: Shortening constant names | ||
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On Tue Jun 27, 2006 at 09:2729AM +0200, Pierre wrote:
> On 6/27/06, Martin Jansen <mj@php.net> wrote:
>
> >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. ;-)
>
> It was meant as joke, but in what Structures_DataGrid_Some_Constant is
> longer than Structures_DataGrid::Some_Constant? It is even shorter :)
If people access the constants from inside the defining class, they can
use the self:: notation, which is significantly shorter. But this is
nitpicking.
- Martin