Path: csiph.com!v102.xanadu-bbs.net!xanadu-bbs.net!feeder.erje.net!eu.feeder.erje.net!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: Jim Gibson Newsgroups: comp.lang.java.programmer Subject: Re: local constants with switch Date: Thu, 21 Aug 2014 17:04:47 -0700 Lines: 12 Message-ID: <210820141704475420%jimsgibson@gmail.com> References: <0d3ba8f9-586e-428f-9982-15b4c4da4690@googlegroups.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: individual.net lUHFlU1ww1iLA3r/0uCt4gR4cy9HjtsUD+dMLmWF+by+ctnJx6 X-Orig-Path: jimsgibson Cancel-Lock: sha1:wThbSUhc0aRDWHVFfQAYffpaFps= User-Agent: Thoth/1.9.1 (Mac OS X) Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.java.programmer:29796 In article , Andreas Leitgeb wrote: > > PS: I agree, that "constant variable" is an oxymoron. > A better term might have been "(constant) vari-un-able" ;-) > What about "const-able"? -- Jim Gibson