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ok...so does it get a memory allocated to it? and is it alive as long the application is running?

baban
– baban

2013-05-12 16:06:30 +00:00
Commented May 12, 2013 at 16:06
It depends. public const double pi = 3.14 will simply replace anywhere pi is referenced with the constant 3.14. The constant itself will be part of the bytecode and thus takes up space (in the compiled CIL), but no more than literally putting "3.14" everywhere instead of "pi". And since it lives in bytecode, it does not ever live, per se.

Telastyn
– Telastyn

2013-05-12 16:15:14 +00:00
Commented May 12, 2013 at 16:15

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