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From: Tomas Szepe <szepe@pinerecords.com>
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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.

T.
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