There is no const keyword in Haxe to define constants like in ActionScript.

So never keyword can be used to define constants/read-only variables as shown below.

public var MAX_COUNT(default, never):Int = 100;

If you try to set the value of MAX_COUNT, compiler will throw an error saying “Cannot access field or identifier MAX_COUNT for writing”.

For static variables and functions inline keyword can be used as a powerful optimization tool.

The following is a way to define static constant/read-only variables using “inline”.

public static inline var MAX_COUNT:Int = 100;

inline should be carefully used with functions as not all functions will be ideal candidates for optimization.

public static inline function stageCenter(sw:Float, iw:Float):Float {
    return (sw - iw) / 2;
}

At run-time the function call

var pos = stageCenter(800, 100);

will be translated to the following by eliminating the function call.

var pos = (800 - 100) / 2;

As per the official documentation,

It is not always easy to judge if a function is ideal for inline. Short functions that have no writing expressions (such as a = value) are usually a good choice, but even more complex functions can be candidates. However, in some cases inlining can actually be detrimental to performance, e.g. because the compiler has to create temporary variables for complex expressions.

Note that inline can be totally disabled by passing compiler argument --no-inline.