Is it reasonable to use enums instead of #defines for compile-time constants in C?

Question

I\'m coming back to some C development after working in C++ for a while. I\'ve gotten it into my head that macros should be avoided when not necessary in favor of making the com

Answer 1

is it reasonable to prefer using enums for constants rather than #define's ?

If you like. Enums behave like integers.

But I would still prefer constants, instead of both enums and macros. Constants provide type-safety, and they can be of any type. Enums can be only integers, and macros do not respect type safety.

For example :

const int MY_CONSTANT = 7;

instead of

#define MY_CONSTANT 7

or

enum
{
  MY_CONSTANT = 7
};

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BTW My answer was related to C++. I am not sure if it applies to C.