这取决于你需要这个值做什么。你(和目前所有人一样)忽略了第三种选择:

Static const int var = 5; #定义var 5 枚举{var = 5};

忽略名字的选择问题，那么:

If you need to pass a pointer around, you must use (1). Since (2) is apparently an option, you don't need to pass pointers around. Both (1) and (3) have a symbol in the debugger's symbol table - that makes debugging easier. It is more likely that (2) will not have a symbol, leaving you wondering what it is. (1) cannot be used as a dimension for arrays at global scope; both (2) and (3) can. (1) cannot be used as a dimension for static arrays at function scope; both (2) and (3) can. Under C99, all of these can be used for local arrays. Technically, using (1) would imply the use of a VLA (variable-length array), though the dimension referenced by 'var' would of course be fixed at size 5. (1) cannot be used in places like switch statements; both (2) and (3) can. (1) cannot be used to initialize static variables; both (2) and (3) can. (2) can change code that you didn't want changed because it is used by the preprocessor; both (1) and (3) will not have unexpected side-effects like that. You can detect whether (2) has been set in the preprocessor; neither (1) nor (3) allows that.

因此，在大多数情况下，优先选择“enum”而不是其他选项。否则，第一个和最后一个要点很可能是控制因素——如果你需要同时满足这两个点，你必须更努力地思考。

如果你问的是c++，那么你每次都应该使用option (1) - static const。

C中const的另一个缺点是不能在初始化另一个const时使用该值。

static int const NUMBER_OF_FINGERS_PER_HAND = 5;
static int const NUMBER_OF_HANDS = 2;

// initializer element is not constant, this does not work.
static int const NUMBER_OF_FINGERS = NUMBER_OF_FINGERS_PER_HAND 
                                     * NUMBER_OF_HANDS;

即使这对const也不起作用，因为编译器不会将其视为常量:

static uint8_t const ARRAY_SIZE = 16;
static int8_t const lookup_table[ARRAY_SIZE] = {
    1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16}; // ARRAY_SIZE not a constant!

我很乐意在这些情况下使用类型化的const，否则…

这取决于你需要这个值做什么。你(和目前所有人一样)忽略了第三种选择:

Static const int var = 5; #定义var 5 枚举{var = 5};

忽略名字的选择问题，那么:

If you need to pass a pointer around, you must use (1). Since (2) is apparently an option, you don't need to pass pointers around. Both (1) and (3) have a symbol in the debugger's symbol table - that makes debugging easier. It is more likely that (2) will not have a symbol, leaving you wondering what it is. (1) cannot be used as a dimension for arrays at global scope; both (2) and (3) can. (1) cannot be used as a dimension for static arrays at function scope; both (2) and (3) can. Under C99, all of these can be used for local arrays. Technically, using (1) would imply the use of a VLA (variable-length array), though the dimension referenced by 'var' would of course be fixed at size 5. (1) cannot be used in places like switch statements; both (2) and (3) can. (1) cannot be used to initialize static variables; both (2) and (3) can. (2) can change code that you didn't want changed because it is used by the preprocessor; both (1) and (3) will not have unexpected side-effects like that. You can detect whether (2) has been set in the preprocessor; neither (1) nor (3) allows that.

因此，在大多数情况下，优先选择“enum”而不是其他选项。否则，第一个和最后一个要点很可能是控制因素——如果你需要同时满足这两个点，你必须更努力地思考。

如果你问的是c++，那么你每次都应该使用option (1) - static const。

我写了一个快速测试程序来证明其中的一个区别:

#include <stdio.h>

enum {ENUM_DEFINED=16};
enum {ENUM_DEFINED=32};

#define DEFINED_DEFINED 16
#define DEFINED_DEFINED 32

int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {

   printf("%d, %d\n", DEFINED_DEFINED, ENUM_DEFINED);

   return(0);
}

这个编译带有以下错误和警告:

main.c:6:7: error: redefinition of enumerator 'ENUM_DEFINED'
enum {ENUM_DEFINED=32};
      ^
main.c:5:7: note: previous definition is here
enum {ENUM_DEFINED=16};
      ^
main.c:9:9: warning: 'DEFINED_DEFINED' macro redefined [-Wmacro-redefined]
#define DEFINED_DEFINED 32
        ^
main.c:8:9: note: previous definition is here
#define DEFINED_DEFINED 16
        ^

注意，当define给出警告时，enum给出一个错误。

我不确定我是否正确，但在我看来，调用#defined value比调用任何其他正常声明的变量(或const value)快得多。 这是因为当程序运行时，它需要使用一些正常声明的变量，它需要跳转到内存中的确切位置来获得该变量。

相反，当它使用#defined value时，程序不需要跳转到任何已分配的内存，它只是接受该值。如果#define myValue 7和调用myValue的程序，它的行为与只调用7时完全相同。

在c#中定义更为流行。你可以使用这些值来声明数组大小，例如:

#define MAXLEN 5

void foo(void) {
   int bar[MAXLEN];
}

据我所知，ANSI C不允许你在这种情况下使用静态常量。在c++中，在这些情况下应该避免使用宏。你可以写

const int maxlen = 5;

void foo() {
   int bar[maxlen];
}

甚至不用static，因为内部链接已经由const隐含[仅在c++中]。