Hello everyone, I''d like your opinion on whether I should use #define or const for my constant declarations. I know that #define will place inline code when used and that const acts like a regular variable. Wouldn''t it be better to use #define seeing as it would be faster? Anyway I was just wondering. Thanks

Technically it might not be faster -- your compiler may optimize it so that the const is just as fast.

The reason you would want to use const is because a const has type information. By using a const, your compiler will spit out warnings about type conflicts. Also you can use commands that require type information such as "sizeof" on const variables.

However, you can achieve the warning capabilities by doing something like:

#define monkey (int)1024

This won''t always work . . .

Doing a sizeof on 1024 will cause an error =)

DmGoober

quote: Original post by reaptide

Hello everyone,

I''d like your opinion on whether I should use #define or const for my constant declarations.

I know that #define will place inline code when used and that const acts like a regular variable. Wouldn''t it be better to use #define seeing as it would be faster?

Anyway I was just wondering.

Thanks