[PurposeLessx]

Hello friends,
I want to know what is different about these codes and also which one is the best I should use.
Thanks for helping.

1st

PHP Code:

public plugin_init() {
    register_plugin("Plugin", "1.0", "PurposeLess");
} 


2nd

PHP Code:

#define PLUGIN "Plugin"
#define VERSION "1.0"
#define AUTHOR "PurposeLess" 


3rd

PHP Code:

new const PLUGIN[] = "Plugin";
new const VERSION[] = "1.0";
new const AUTHOR[] = "PurposeLess"; 


[HamletEagle]

Short version: doesn't matter.

[PurposeLessx]

Originally Posted by HamletEagle Short version: doesn't matter.

That's mean there is no any different about these in plugins have long or short lines, isn't that?

[Relaxing]

2nd and 3rd version use more lines, that's the difference.

[PurposeLessx]

Originally Posted by Relaxing 2nd and 3rd version use more lines, that's the difference.

When should I use new const & static const and #define?

For example;
create_entity("info_target");
and
entity classname

Why people use this code?

PHP Code:

new const entity[] = "info_target";
new const classname[] = "parachute" ; example

create_entity(entity);
entity_set_string(para_ent[id],EV_SZ_classname,classname); 


[Ghosted]

new const String[] = "string";

function(String)

And

function("string");

Are same afaik from C++, in 2nd, "string" is another const variable that's only inside that native.
About #define, it will replace everything with ur value and compiles code

#define A "string"

function(A);

is same as

function("string");

[HamletEagle]

Originally Posted by PurposeLessx That's mean there is no any different about these in plugins have long or short lines, isn't that?

Why do you even worry about something that is going to be called ONCE per map?

[PurposeLessx]

I know they do same things but must be different. I heard that we should use new const instead of define because of server cache. I have to know lots of information about these, I guess.

I am not worry about that. I just wondered. I am worry about entity classname problem because of I don't know which one is the best to use.

[CrazY.]

new const means initialize variables that will never be changed, this mean, keep with a permanent value, then, let's suppose you will create 40 entities with classname info_target. To not occupy much memory I believe it would be best to create a variable with the string info_target instead of define each one.

new const g_pszNameInfoTarget[] = "info_target";

something()
{
	create_entity(g_pszNameInfoTarget);
	create_entity(g_pszNameInfoTarget);
	create_entity(g_pszNameInfoTarget);
	create_entity(g_pszNameInfoTarget);
	create_entity(g_pszNameInfoTarget);
}

instead of

something()
{
	create_entity("info_target");
	create_entity("info_target");
	create_entity("info_target");
	create_entity("info_target");
	create_entity("info_target");
}

[PurposeLessx]

So, for this?

PHP Code:

set_pev(id, pev_health, Float:pev(id, pev_health) + 10.0);

// or 

new Float:health = pev(id, pev_health);
set_pev(id, pev_health, health + 10.0);

// or

new Float:health = pev(id, pev_health);
health += 10.0;
set_pev(id, pev_health, health);