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From: Gavin Estey
Date: Wed, 16 Aug 1995 18:49
Date: Wed, 16 Aug 1995 18:49
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garyl@byc.easynet.co.uk "21st century caffeine boy " writes:
> >#defines are still useful in C++, though not as much.
> If you're crap, yes.
>
I use #defines for a couple of reasons, firstly and most importantly
debugging. Secondly using #defines is the best way to deal with array
sizes that you may want to change at a later date. Consts can be used
for anything else.
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!senator.demon.co.uk!gavin From: Gavin Estey <gavin@senator.demon.co.uk> Newsgroups: rec.games.programmer,comp.lang.c++ Subject: Re: Should I learn C or C++ first? Date: Wed, 16 Aug 95 18:49:57 GMT Organization: home Message-ID: <808598997snz@senator.demon.co.uk> References: <3v6qkj$8ak@news1.best.com> <3v713f$2bd@ixnews6.ix.netcom.com> <408rnk$auj@seagoon.newcastle.edu.au> <40etar$11n@st-james.comp.vuw.ac.nz> <40o2ee$aqp@deyke3.fc.hp.com> <40sj1n$bd4@lemon.easynet.co.uk> Reply-To: gavin@senator.demon.co.uk X-NNTP-Posting-Host: senator.demon.co.uk X-Newsreader: Demon Internet Simple News v1.27