macros: type save, or what?

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Janice Caron wrote:
> On another thread, I argued that
> const T name = value;
> 
> should be the appropriate syntax for declaring constants. But I have
> nothing against macros in general.

I don't see why a const should be different from a literal when it comes
to type checking, and a literal is what you'll effectively get, when you
use "macro a=5;" or whatever.

Anyways, this tread goes a bit beyond what we had in "Const sucks", that
is why I gave it its own name... :)

Regards, Frank