“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

#define var 5 will cause you trouble if you have things like mystruct.var.

For example,

struct mystruct {
    int var;
};

#define var 5

int main() {
    struct mystruct foo;
    foo.var = 1;
    return 0;
}

The preprocessor will replace it and the code won't compile. For this reason, traditional coding style suggest all constant #defines uses capital letters to avoid conflict.