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Subject: Possible addition: scoped class constants
From: viroteck@viroteck.net ("Robin Burchell")

Hi,

First up, I'd like to apologise in advance if I'm mailing the wrong
place. I have done my homework before subscribing, and this looks to
be the right one, but - one never can tell...

Formalities out of the way, I've been a long-time PHP developer and
I'm sort of considering dipping my feet into things - one thing in
particular that bothers me that I'd like to consider looking at is the
inability to scope class constants, i.e:

class Foo
{
   protected BAR = 5;
}

is not possible. This is perhaps not all that major, but considering
that scoping for variables and methods is supported and respected, it
seems like a rather strange omission.

Is this perhaps something that would be looked on positively? If so, I
might start trying to look into it in my spare time. (note: advice on
where to look, what not to do, etc are all very much welcome).

Thanks!
Robin Burchell