best/proper way to declare constants ?
someone
someone at somewhere.com
Thu Aug 5 00:47:06 UTC 2021
What are the pros/cons of the following approaches ?
```d
/// first day with D:
public const dstring gstrWhatever = "...";
/// next:
public immutable dstring gstrWhatever = "...";
/// next:
public immutable dstring gstrWhatever;
this() {
gstrWhatever = "...";
}
/// next (manifest-constant):
public immutable enum gstrWhatever = "...";
```
Are manifest-constants the proper way to go ?
In [http://ddili.org/ders/d.en/enum.html] Ali says:
"We have discussed that it is important to avoid magic constants
and instead to take advantage of the enum feature ..."
```d
enum fileName = "list.txt";
```
"Such constants are rvalues and they are called manifest
constants."
"It is possible to create manifest constants of arrays and
associative arrays as well. However, as we will see later in the
Immutability chapter, enum arrays and associative arrays may have
hidden costs."
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