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Date: Tue, 28 May 2013 10:58:33 +0200
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To: Ferenc Kovacs <tyra3l@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] supporting the final keyword for properties
From: lars@strojny.net (Lars Strojny)

Hi Ferenc,

Am 28.05.2013 um 08:15 schrieb Ferenc Kovacs <tyra3l@gmail.com>:
[...]
>> I would like it to work the same way as it does in java(
>> =
http://docs.oracle.com/javase/specs/jls/se7/html/jls-4.html#jls-4.12.4)
>> eg. you can set the initial value either in the declaration or later =
on,
>> but after it is set, you can't change it, trying to do that would =
create a
>> recoverable fatal error (or throwing an exception which extends
>> RuntimeException).
>>=20
>> What do you think? Would this be viable? Is there any still-present =
reason
>> why we shouldn't support that?
[...]
> the accessors rfc got rejected, so I'm bringing this up again.

It=92s a good idea in general but what about having it for variables as =
well? Could open interesting possibilities for an optimizer.

final $foo =3D "str";
$foo =3D "bar"; // bails out

cu,
Lars=