Android Question Constants...

[Everest]

Hello,

I am returning after a year away. One year ago constants were not supported.

I do not find any reference in the user guide. Are they supported in Version 3?

Regards,

Mark

 

[JoanRPM]

No, I assing the constans like this:

Sub Process_Globals

'Constants
    Dim x As Int                :    x = 3   
    ...

 

[Everest]

Hello,

Thanks for the response.

Yeah that is really an initialized variable.

Ciao,

Mark

 

[Erel]

The language doesn't yet support constants.

 

[mangojack]

Could someone supply a brief explanation re the difference between the above initialized variable (post #2) and a Constant
Would not the variable declared in Process_Globals be the equivalent of a Constant ?

Cheers mj

 

[Erel]

Note that you can write:

Dim x As Int = 3

About your question, the difference is that the compiler doesn't allow you to change the value of a "constant". This is not the case here. You can change x in your code to a different value.

By setting a constant it is clear that the value will never change.[/code]