Re: [Dev-C++] #DEFINE versus cont variables in array inicializations

[Zodiaq <zo...@ac...>]

Hello André and all Dev-C++ users,

Thursday, May 29, 2003, 3:08:42 PM, André wrote as follows:

AMB> Dear Users,

AMB>    For the sake of flexibility, I think we only have two ways to iniciatize
AMB> a
AMB> size of an array:
AMB> 1) via #define:
AMB> #define MAX 10
AMB> ...
AMB> int vect[MAX];
AMB> ...

AMB> 2) via cont variable:
AMB> const int size=10;
AMB> ...
AMB> int vetc[size];
AMB> ...

AMB> So, in both ways, everytime if I need to change the size of the arrays, it´s
AMB> only necessary to change 10 to the other value.

-->>My questions:
AMB> 1) Is there more ways to to this?

enum ?? hehe
But what for??

AMB> 2) For theese two ways presented here, when use one and when use the other?
AMB>    Explaining a little more what I need to know: in a "good programming
AMB> technique"
AMB>    point of view, what of theese two is the preferred of the programmers
AMB> (please
AMB>    don´t answer "pointers" ...lol).

AFAIK const is more C++ like, and #define more C like... #define
doesn't create 'real' variable, I mean it is only visible in first
stage of preprocessing - precompiler raplaces every one of MAX into
defined value, program does not see it in runtime...

with const it is all different - it is created as variable (which is
const), but during runtime you may const_cast it, check for its size,
place in memory etc...

So I must say I use both ways, but more often the const one...
-- 
regards, Zodiaq