The Benefits of Constants

Question

I understand one of the big deals about constants is that you don\'t have to go through and update code where that constant is used all over the place. Thats great, but let\'s s

Answer 1

Constants are immutable values which are known at compile time and do not change for the life of the program.

Constants differ from variables in one significant way in that once a value has been assigned to a constant it cannot subsequently be changed.

At runtime you can be sure that the value defined in a constant won't change and consequently your program won't break.