C:\Dokumente und Einstellungen\reneeb>perldoc constant
NAME
    constant - Perl pragma to declare constants

SYNOPSIS
        use constant PI    => 4 * atan2(1, 1);
        use constant DEBUG => 0;

        print "Pi equals ", PI, "...\n" if DEBUG;

        use constant {
            SEC   => 0,
            MIN   => 1,
            HOUR  => 2,
            MDAY  => 3,
            MON   => 4,
            YEAR  => 5,
            WDAY  => 6,
            YDAY  => 7,
            ISDST => 8,
        };

        use constant WEEKDAYS => qw(
            Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
        );
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