# Security in use of contants

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/security-in-use-of-contants/196785>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [August 17, 2008, 8:02pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/security-in-use-of-contants/196785 "2008-08-17T20:02:19Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Kless](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/k/cc9497/32.png) [@Kless](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Kless)\
**Post date:** [August 17, 2008, 8:02pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/security-in-use-of-contants/196785/1 "2008-08-17T20:02:19Z")

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Is secure use constants?

I come from Python and it isn’t recommended there.

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**Author:** ![Kless](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/k/cc9497/32.png) [@Kless](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Kless)\
**Post date:** [August 18, 2008, 3:11am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/security-in-use-of-contants/196785/2 "2008-08-18T03:11:22Z")

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I don’t understand how security is a concern.

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**Author:** ![Kless](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/k/cc9497/32.png) [@Kless](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Kless)\
**Post date:** [August 18, 2008, 9:10am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/security-in-use-of-contants/196785/3 "2008-08-18T09:10:39Z")

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Ops! I was wrong! I mean global variables instead of constants.  
Anyway I sent it to a incorrect mailing list. Sorry!