Creating Constants Within a Class? Topic is solved

[MaxAstro]

So working with classes is still pretty new to me and I'm relatively inexperienced.

Is there a way to define a constant within a class, such that, for example, in any given instance of class Cube, this.NumberOfSides always equals 6?

[SirRFI]

Unsure if we have actual constants, but static does the trick.

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class MyClass
{
	static my_const := 5
	
	MyMethod()
	{
		return this.my_const
	}
}

one := new MyClass()
two := new MyClass()

MsgBox % one.my_const "`n" two.my_const "`n" one.MyMethod()

[swagfag]

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class Cube {
	sides[] {
		get {
			return 6
		}
		set {
			throw Exception("Attempted modification of const")
		}
	}
}

testCube := new Cube()
MsgBox, % testcube.sides ;result 6
testCube.sides := 3 ;exception

testCube2 := new Cube()
MsgBox, % testcube2.sides ;result 6
testCube2.sides := 5 ;exception

you should probably also clarify what exactly you mean by constant, const specifier(final, immutable) or a variable mutually shared across all instances of a given class

[MaxAstro]

I mean an immutable number. In my specific use case, I need to store the decimal value of an RGBA value, so that instead of needing to remember 4294967295, I can just reference this.colorWhite, and the same with three other colors I use with that class.