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Subject: Re: [OT] Re: local constants with switch
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On 8/21/2014 2:21 PM, Andreas Leitgeb wrote:
> I remember "constants" in C as preprocessor symbols #define'd to
> some literal value.

Off-topic, but great segue to the legendary preprocessor macro:
/* snigger snigger */
#define true false

-- 
Beware of bugs in the above code; I have only proved it correct, not 
tried it. -- Donald E. Knuth