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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] Re: class constants in RC1 - why not __self:: then?
From: lunakid@neuropolis.org ("Luna Kid")

> > This way (writing __thisclass::MYCONST instead of MyParticularClassName::CONST
> > we could freely decide to favor clean style, or performance, depending on the specific
> > situation.
>
> No need for that we have 'self':
> php -r 'class c { const c="Hello\n"; static function f() { return self::c; }} echo c::f();'

Yoohoo!!! Wonderful, thanks! :)
(Dunno how I could miss this, but who cares now that PHP is PERFECT... :) )

Cheers,
Lunatic