On Wed, 19 Dec 2018, at 07:29, P.O. Jonsson wrote: >What is the added value of declaring a value as a > constant compare to just allocating a variable? I understand that for a > language like C it might make a difference (as to where and when the > constant is allocated by the compiler) but for ooRexx? If you never > change the variable it is „constant“, right?
In other languages the crux is in your "If you never change the variable" condition; either the compiler or runtime code will object to anything that does try to change the constant's value. Thus declaring something (that should never change) a constant is a useful way to protect yourself from accidental changes to the wrong variable. Does that apply here too? -- Jeremy Nicoll - my opinions are my own. _______________________________________________ Oorexx-devel mailing list Oorexx-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/oorexx-devel
