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From: Mark Summerfield <m.n.summerfield@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: Are class consts possible?
Date: Sat, 21 Jun 2025 06:51:11 -0000 (UTC)
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On Fri, 20 Jun 2025 20:28:25 -0000 (UTC), Rich wrote:

> Mark Summerfield <m.n.summerfield@gmail.com> wrote:
>> On Fri, 20 Jun 2025 13:28:13 -0000 (UTC), Rich wrote:
>> 
>>> Mark Summerfield <m.n.summerfield@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> Is it possible to create class-specific consts i.e., consts that
>>>> exist inside a class's namespace?
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>> Tcl does not have "constants" in the vien of other languages
>>> "constants".
>>> 
>>> However, there are several ways to "roll your own":
>>> https://wiki.tcl-lang.org/page/constants
>> 
>> According to https://www.tcl-lang.org/man/tcl9.0/TclCmd/const.html
>> "const — create and initialize a constant"
>> 
>> And I use them quite a lot since I'm using Tcl 9.
> 
> Ah, it seems Tcl 9 added "const" capabilities.
> 
>> Perhaps the wiki needs updating?
> 
> Indeed, that would seem to be the case.

I've updated the web page https://wiki.tcl-lang.org/page/constants 
accordingly.