do constants exist in actionscript??

[lastingforhours]

i know you can declare a static var in an actionscript class but what if i want to just plain declare a constant in my document?

in other languages, its usually like
const MYCONSTANT

and i noticed that if i type "constant" in my actionscript panel, it gets recognized as a reserved word but i cant find any documentation on it.

anyone know whats up with this?

 

[kennethkawamoto]

'In Flash there is no way to create your own constant values except when you create your own custom classes with private member variables. You cannot create a "read-only" variable within Flash.' - from the manual.

The word "constant" is reserved not for a constant variable, but probably for Data binding "EndPoint.constant" property.

Kenneth Kawamoto

http://www.materiaprima.co.uk

 

[lastingforhours]

ah, well that sucks. thank ya sir.

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