If a programmer (or a development team) can successfully track every detail of each variable and not accidentally assign a value to a constant, then by all means declare constants const.
const , , .
, - FORTRAN 77. FORTRAN 77 , :
subroutine increment(i)
integer i
i = i + 1
end
subroutine process ()
call increment (1)
call someprocedure (1, 2, 3)
...
, someprocedure() (2, 2, 3)!