[c-prog] Re: Usage of # and / in #define

[johnmatthews2000]

--- In c-prog@yahoogroups.com, Satya Prasad <satya_prakash_pra...@...> wrote:
>
> Is it a good design pattern to use # and / in defining strings constants:
>  
> #define URL "http://";
> #define COLOR "#F3F3FE3"

There's no reason why you shouldn't.

However, I wouldn't call the above true 'constants' because no storage is 
allocated. The following defines constant strings:

const char url[] = URL, color[] = COLOR;