improvement? extern NSString * const instead of define

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improvement? extern NSString * const instead of define

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uncleunvoid

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« on: November 12, 2010, 09:19:31 »

I have been coming across quiet a few articles mentioning that the use of


// Prefs.h
extern NSString * const PREFS_MY_CONSTANT;

// Prefs.m
NSString * const PREFS_MY_CONSTANT = @"prefs_my_constant";

is quicker and more usable than using define to declare command static names...

thoughts?

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/538996/constants-in-objective-c


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