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Re: [MacPerl-AnyPerl] constants

At 10.40 +0000 2000.05.20, Joel Rees wrote:
>Does Perl support constants such as C's
>     const myCompilerController = 0x68040
>or
>     #define myCompilerController 0x68040
>?
>
>What I want is the assurance that I can't change the value of
>myCompilerController by accident.

Use the constant module.

  use constant FOO => 'BAR';

What this does is define a subroutine that returns a given value.  It is
still _possible_ to change it, but can be difficult.

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