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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] Constant arrays
From: jpauli@php.net (jpauli)

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Okay, but those effectively don't exist in PHP ;)

Julien

On Tue, Dec 20, 2011 at 11:43 PM, David Muir <davidkmuir@gmail.com> wrote:

> On 12/21/2011 03:37 AM, jpauli wrote:
> > I guess constant array would mean that all the variables inside the array
> > dimensions should not change.
> > Just saying that, is a nonsense.
> >
> > If a constant could be an array, then that array could not contain
> > variables, if not it wouldn't be constant any more as a change to one
> > variable inside it would change its own meaning value.
> >
> > Julien.P
> >
> >
>
> A constant can only contain static values. There was no mention of
> variables.
>
> Isn't a "constant" array basically the same as an Enum?
>
> David
>

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