Codeigniter (2.0.3) throws error when calling an object constant

[eluser]cjbuchmann[/eluser]
Hey guys,

not really sure why, but lets say I have a library

Code:

class Client
{
   const TYPE_1 = 0;
   const TYPE_2 = 1;

   public function __construct()
   {...}
}

When I load that library and use it like so :

Code:

$this->load->library('client');
$type = $this->client::TYPE_1;

I get the following error :

syntax error, unexpected T_PAAMAYIM_NEKUDOTAYIM

However if I load the library, throw it in a new variable and then call it like so :

Code:

$this->load->library('client');
$client = $this->client;
$type = $client::TYPE_1;

Everything works fine. I would imagine that both ways should work perfectly fine. Is this really the expected behavior?