General Info: Computer Language Constants

C++/CLI Constants

C++/CLI supports the const and static const keywords of standard C++ as well as the new literal keyword. A literal is equivalent to static const in standard C++ and Microsoft's documentation recommends to replace static const with the new literal keyword because a literal is available in metadata; a static const variable is not available in metadata to other compilers.

You can use static const within the class declaration or locally within a method. However, literal is only valid in the class declaration section and const is only valid within a method.

• Reference: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms235301(VS.80).aspx

//some method {

const String^ MyName = "John";
static const Int32 MyAge = 27;

//}

// public class SomeClass : public Object {
public:
  literal double Pi = 3.14159;
  literal String^ MyName = "Mike";
  static const Int32 MyAge = 35;

//...