[Xcb] Why are predefined atoms not static constants?

[Barton C Massey]

In message <8762zcm64b.fsf at keller.adm.naquadah.org> you wrote:
> On Sun, Aug 15 2010, Ulrich Eckhardt wrote:
> > I know, there are a bunch of reasons for either variant, I just
> > wanted to ask  which of them were the reasons for doing things
> > this way here. Can anyone  enlighten me?
> 
> This is deprecated. Recent libxcb defines predefined atoms in
> xproto.h as an enum.

  "The primary purpose of the DATA statement is to give names
  to constants; instead of referring to PI as
  3.141592653589797, at every appearance, the variable PI
  can be given that value with a DATA statement, and used
  instead of the longer form of the constant. This also
  simplifies modifying the program, should the value of PI
  change."  -- Xerox FORTRAN manual, quoted at
    http://www.petting-zoo.net/~deadbeef/archive/3128.html

So there you have it.  It was in case the value of PRIMARY
should ever change. :-)

	Bart