"#define" constants as methods

[Klaus Malorny]

On 04.04.24 20:38, Jorn Vernee wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> For string constants we have to allocate and copy memory, so we defer 
> the initialization of those. For that to work, at least string constants 
> need to be exposed as methods. Historically we had a different 
> translation strategy for constants that also required them to be exposed 
> as methods, and I think we kept the methods for all types of constants 
> mostly out of consistency.
> 
>  [...]

> Jorn
> 
Hi Jorn,

thanks for the explanation. This makes sense. API consistency is surely 
a valid and valuable argument and my "switch" problem is surely a rather 
seldom one. I did not realize that (complex) constants will be 
represented in their C-style form.

Regards,
Klaus