Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Sun, 1 Sep 2002 16:56:59 +0200 | From | Tomas Szepe <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] warnkill trivia 2/2 |
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> >i.e. it's impossible to have a constant > >pointer to a non-constant value w/o using a qualified > >typedef. > > void g(int * const t) { *t = 0; } > > > >W/o a typedef, gcc seems unable to tell the difference > >between 'const int *' and 'int const *' altogether. > > There is no difference. Read the C spec, or Harbison&Steele > which has had an explanation of 'const' since their '87 2nd Ed.
Ok, that explains it, obviously I (and DaveM :D) didn't know the syntax. Thanks for the reference!
I'm going to redo the patches.
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