Constants
Named constants (including global variables) should be all uppercase using underscore to separate words
Named constants (including global variables) should be all uppercase using underscore to separate words
This is common practice in the C++ development community. Although MathWorks may appear to use lower case names for constants, for example pi, such built-in constants are actually functions.
MAX_ITERATIONS, COLOR_RED
Constants can be prefixed by a common type name
Constants can be prefixed by a common type name
This gives additional information on which constants belong together and what concept the constants represent.
COLOR_RED, COLOR_GREEN, COLOR_BLUE