Good point. We'll need to discuss this. Thanks. Dmitry.
> -----Original Message----- > From: Antony Dovgal [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, August 22, 2007 5:21 PM > To: Dmitry Stogov > Cc: 'Johannes Schlьter'; 'PHP Internals List' > Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] Constants in namesapces > > > On 22.08.2007 17:03, Dmitry Stogov wrote: > > You can have "const" outside namespaces but they are not real > > compile-time constants. They are set during execution in > the same way > > as define() does. > > > > <?php > > const DIR = dirname(__FILE__); > > echo DIR; > > ?> > > Don't you think it's bad idea to use the same 'const' syntax, > but different behavior? I believe it would be really > confusing for users, as class constants are set in compile time, > thus 'const DIR = dirname(__FILE__);' is not possible. > > -- > Wbr, > Antony Dovgal > -- PHP Internals - PHP Runtime Development Mailing List To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php