hardcoded constants

[Barry Margolin]

In article <1988Dec13.172306.16195 at utzoo.uucp> henry at utzoo.uucp (Henry Spencer) writes:
>The policy we try to follow is that if you must hard-code a constant,
>then it must be accompanied by a comment explaining why that particular
>number is there.

My rule of thumb is that if it needs a comment, it should be a
manifest constant, not a hardcoded literal.  The name of the constant
then serves as self-documentation.

Barry Margolin
Thinking Machines Corp.

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