Using Defines as for Case

ebarroga (24)
I am using a switch statement to determine the proper approach based on the value of a specific variable:

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switch (mID) {
	case 0://Quit
	...
	break;

	case 1://Chat
	...
	break;
}



The only problem is, as soon as the number of cases scales to an unmanageable number, it becomes very difficult to keep track of everything. Also, eventually, I would like to change the values for each action (e.g. 0 to quit, change to 183 to quit).

So did the following, which doesn't work:

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#define mQuit 0
#define mChat 1

...
...
...

switch (mID) {
	case mQuit://Quit
	...
	break;

	case mChat://Chat
	...
	break;
}
helios (17607)
Define "not working". That should at least compile.
ebarroga (24)
It doesn't compile. I do not remember the exact error.
firedraco (6247)
Go try to compile it and get the error then...we can't help you without it.
exception (323)
Don't use "#define" unless absolutely required (e.g. include guards). Use an "enum". Defines don't care about any C++ rules. They are evil.
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