From: je@unix.brighton.ac.uk (John English)
Subject: Re: Function call or variable?
Date: 23 Mar 93 16:02:13 GMT
Date: 1993-03-23T16:02:13+00:00 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <1993Mar23.160213.4246@unix.brighton.ac.uk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: EACHUS.93Mar17185831@spectre.mitre.org
eachus@spectre.mitre.org (Robert I. Eachus) writes:
: > Not necessarily. You could use #define to ensure that the program is
: > changed in only one place. I don't believe I've ever seen any C code
: > that's designed like this, though.
:
: No, no, no. I have seen C code like this, and I have seen people
: use #defines to change things. And I have seen the code compile
: cleanly and work in simple cases but break horribly later.
These days any sensible C programmer uses "const", not "#define".
Avoids headaches without aspirin.
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1993-03-17 23:58 Function call or variable? Robert I. Eachus
1993-03-23 16:02 ` John English [this message]
1993-03-24 2:10 ` Robert I. Eachus
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1993-03-05 23:31 Thomas Huynh
1993-03-07 20:27 ` Alex Blakemore
1993-03-08 0:34 ` David Emery
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