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# Mitch Kuppinger

@DocPneumo · Joined August 2024

Parent (Grand), Physician, Programmer

## Comments

[For a long time I believed placing a constant below the private method actually made it private. Then I set a 'private' constant in a class where was no reason to use that constant outside of the class... But naming is hard and memory is not perfect so I used the same constant name elsewhere. I forgot it existed as a not 'private' constant in another class. Bang! The principle of least surprise should apply whenever possible. Thank you for re-raising this.](https://hashnode.com/posts/proposal-for-making-private-keyword-work-on-constants-too/66bdac4658ecf7720017c076/comment/66c77ea9de7a66c6dcb43414)

Comment · Article · Aug 22, 2024 · [Proposal for making private method work on constants too](https://hashnode.com/posts/proposal-for-making-private-keyword-work-on-constants-too/66bdac4658ecf7720017c076)