Hi Hilmar.


>The reason it won't affect performance during execution is that each occurence of the constant is replaced by the constant at compile time.
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>For instance:
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#DEFINE PI 3

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will replace each occurrence of PI with 3 in your code (1) - the compiled code will work exactly as if you had typed 3.
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>The constants are used for easy maintenance of your program.
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>Notes:
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>(1) OK, I know that this is not extremely accurate... but this value was actually used in the past, sometimes even declared by law.


Thanks for the help.

By the way ... laws sometimes can create the most bizarre things !

Best.