Req #69980 [NEW]: Support to private/protected const on classes

From: david dot proweb at gmail dot com Operating system: PHP version: 7.0.0alpha2 Package: PHP Language Specification Bug Type: Feature/Change Request Bug description:Support to private/protected const on classes Description: ------------ Currently, const defined in classes are always public. I suggest allow private/protected it. It'll allow I define my own private/protected constants inside my class, without need create a static private/protected property to store this kind of data. Currently: class Test { private static $VERSION_MATCH = '/^\d+\.\d+$/'; public static function match($version) { return preg_match(self::$VERSION_MATCH, $version); } } After implementation: class Test { private const VERSION_MATCH = '/^\d+\.\d+$/'; public static function match($version) { return preg_match(self::VERSION_MATCH, $version); } } Imagine that I don't want that this const be public. class_statement: variable_modifiers property_list ';' ~ | class_member_modifier T_CONST class_const_list ';' | T_USE name_list trait_adaptations | method_modifiers function returns_ref identifier '(' parameter_list ')' return_type backup_doc_comment method_body; + class_member_modifier: + /* empty */ + | T_PUBLIC + | T_PROTECTED + | T_PRIVATE + | T_FINAL; -- Edit bug report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=69980&edit=1 -- Try a snapshot (PHP 5.4): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=69980&r=trysnapshot54 Try a snapshot (PHP 5.5): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=69980&r=trysnapshot55 Try a snapshot (trunk): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=69980&r=trysnapshottrunk Fixed in SVN: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=69980&r=fixed Fixed in release: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=69980&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=69980&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=69980&r=needscript Try newer version: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=69980&r=oldversion Not developer issue: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=69980&r=support Expected behavior: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=69980&r=notwrong Not enough info: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=69980&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=69980&r=submittedtwice register_globals: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=69980&r=globals PHP 4 support discontinued: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=69980&r=php4 Daylight Savings: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=69980&r=dst IIS Stability: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=69980&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=69980&r=gnused Floating point limitations: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=69980&r=float No Zend Extensions: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=69980&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=69980&r=mysqlcfg