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Subject: Revisiting proposal for addition of `get_class_constants()`
From: troy.mccabe@gmail.com (Troy McCabe)

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Hi All,

With several functions (`str_contains()`, `str_[starts|ends]_with()`) added
for PHP8 to make things more clear, it feels like a good time to revisit
the multiple requests to add `get_class_constants(string $class): array`.
This would allow userland code to retrieve constants in the same way as
properties / methods, instead of having to use reflection for constants and
built-in functions for properties / methods. In addition to uniformity, a
bit of fiddling shows close to half the time for 10k executions

I'm willing to implement if there's interest (curiosity got the best of me
for the aforementioned fiddling)

Looking forward to your thoughts,
Thanks!
Troy McCabe

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