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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] Constant and expression ?
From: cschneid@cschneid.com (Christian Schneider)

fqqdk wrote:
> How about extending the usage of the 'final' keyword to support a java-like
> syntax?
> 
> class Foo {
>    private static final $bar = 'ex' . 'pression';

In my book "final" in Java gets an award for sickest abuse of a keyword.
So no, I don't consider this an option. Simply use a class variable (or
define()) if you need to store some runtime calculated value.

"But <insert other language> can do this" alone is not sufficient as a
reason to bloat PHP IMHO.

- Chris