I agree with that. I set constants like that so I cant overwrite them on
accident.

Jim

-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Steve
Webster
Sent: 20 March 2006 17:36
To: Flashcoders mailing list
Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Inconsistent Constant

Ian,

> Flash doesn't have the concept of constants, so you couldn't
> enforce a constant even if you wanted to (except by a hack like
> defining a null set() function, but that's beside the point a bit)...
> you can only suggest that specific things should be constant by
> convention

It's not really beside the point. We define constants in this way...

class Test {
        public static function get SOME_CONSTANT():String {
                return "value";
        }
}

...which works perfectly.

-- 
Steve Webster
Head of Development

Featurecreep Ltd.
http://www.featurecreep.com
14 Orchard Street, Bristol, BS1 5EH
0117 905 5047


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