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_LIT macro


_LIT macro — Construct a build independent constant literal

#if defined(_UNICODE)
#define _LIT(name,s) const static TLitC<sizeof(s)> name={sizeof(s)-1,L##s}
#else
#define _LIT(name,s) const static TLitC<sizeof(s)> name={sizeof(s)-1,s}
#endif

Defined in

e32def.h

Description

Use the macro to construct a constant literal descriptor of type TLitC<TInt> with name name and text s.

An 8 bit build variant is generated for a non-Unicode build; a 16 bit build variant is generated for a Unicode build.

Arguments

name

The name of the C++ variable to be generated.

s

The literal text enlosed within a pair of double quotes.

Example
    _LIT(KSomeText,"qwerty");

generates the following C++ code:

    const static TLitC<7> KSomeText;
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