Constants by another name

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Published on 2010-05-26T02:02:06Z Indexed on 2010/05/26 2:11 UTC
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First off, I've seen this question and understand why the following code doesn't work. That is not my question.

I have a constant, which is declared like;

//Constants.h
extern NSString * const MyConstant;

//Constants.m
NSString * const MyConstant = @"MyConstant";

However, in certain contexts, it's more useful to have this constant have a much more descriptive name, like MyReallySpecificConstant. I was hoping to do:

//SpecificConstants.h
extern NSString * const MyReallySpecificConstant;

//SpecificConstants.m
#import "Constants.h"
NSString * const MyReallySpecificConstant = MyConstant;

Obviously I cannot do this (which is explained in the linked question above).

My question is:

How else (besides something like #define MyReallySpecificConstant MyConstant) can I provide a single constant under multiple names?

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