static NSString usage vs. inline NSString constants

Question

In Objective-C, my understanding is that the directive @\"foo\" defines a constant NSString. If I use @\"foo\" in multiple places, the same immutable NSString object is referenc

Answer 1

You should make the static variable const.

One difference between static variable and a macro is that macros don't play well with debuggers. Macros also aren't type-safe.

Much of the static-var-vs-macro advice for C and C++ applies to Obj-C.