“static const” vs “#define” vs “enum”

Question

Which one is better to use among the below statements in C?

static const int var = 5;

or

#define var 5

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Answer 1

In C #define is much more popular. You can use those values for declaring array sizes for example:

#define MAXLEN 5

void foo(void) {
   int bar[MAXLEN];
}

ANSI C doesn't allow you to use static consts in this context as far as I know. In C++ you should avoid macros in these cases. You can write

const int maxlen = 5;

void foo() {
   int bar[maxlen];
}

and even leave out static because internal linkage is implied by const already [in C++ only].