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Why define constants
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25/10/2006 10:27:36
Alex Feldstein
Florida, United States
 
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Visual FoxPro
Category:
Coding, syntax & commands
Title:
Re: Why define constants
Miscellaneous
Thread ID:
01164235
Message ID:
01164364
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9
>Jim,
>
>>In general my view is that #DEFINEs are more trouble than they're worth.
>
>I disagree.
>
>
>* WdConstants
>
>#define wdUndefined  9999999
>#define wdToggle  9999998
>#define wdForward  1073741823
>#define wdBackward  -1073741823
>#define wdAutoPosition  0
>#define wdFirst  1
>#define wdCreatorCode  1297307460
>
>
>I'd really much rather have wdBackward rather than -1073741823 in my code.


That's called avoiding "magic" numbers. Always a good idea!


Alex Feldstein, MCP, Microsoft MVP
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