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This article includes this Note:

The #define directive cannot be used to declare constant values as is typically done in C and C++. Constants in C# are best defined as static members of a class or struct. If you have several such constants, consider creating a separate "Constants" class to hold them.

Shouldn't this say that constants in C# are best defined with the const keyword? Using static members has different implications for the application, since static members are resolved at runtime and are not necessarily read-only. For primitive values, const in C# is much closer to the behavior of #define in C/C++, since both are resolved at compile time.

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https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/csharp/language-reference/preprocessor-directives

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https://github.com/dotnet/docs/blob/main/docs/csharp/language-reference/preprocessor-directives.md

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@BillWagner

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