Manifest constants - why not 'alias' ?

[Robert Fraser]

Bill Baxter wrote:
> Agreed.  I really don't see why you wouldn't use final.  It seems 
> perfect.  Walter just declared there would be no more final, so it's 
> suddenly a keyword without much to do.  It's previous meaning as a head 
> const storage class puts it in the right syntax category already.  So 
> what's wrong with it?
> 
> --bb

class X
{
     final
     {
         void foo() { } // Method cannot be overriden in a subclass
         int x = 5;     // Manifest constant
     }
}