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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] [RFC] Constant Scalar Expressions
From: mike@php.net (Michael Wallner)

On 14 August 2013 11:01, Stas Malyshev <smalyshev@sugarcrm.com> wrote:
> Hi!
>
>>> https://wiki.php.net/rfc/const_scalar_expressions
>
> I like the idea, but absence of constant support makes this thing much
> less useful, as you can't do things like:
>
> public $angle = M_PI/2;
>
> I think this is one of the reasons this idea was never implemented -
> because without constant support you're limited to doing things that are
> quite obvious and trivial.

Yeah, I'm generally +1 on the idea; constant support would be awesome though!


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Regards,
Mike