At 12:48 PM 03/02/2001 -0700, Joe wrote:
>is there any real benefit to declaring a CONSTANT over just defining a
>variable?
The fact they can't be overwritten makes them more appropriate for true
constants, absolutely no way to change their values. I frequently use them
in include files to se
Other than the fact you cannot overwrite them (which helps with
carelessness), is there any real benefit to declaring a CONSTANT over just
defining a variable? In typical compiled programs, I believe constants or
macros don't load into the symbol table, thus reducing memory requirements
for t
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