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From: diamond@tkou02.enet.dec.com (diamond@tkovoa)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c
Subject: Re: Ternary Operator:  (cond ? const_str : nonconst_str) legal?
Message-ID: <1769@tkou02.enet.dec.com>
Date: 4 Jun 90 06:04:45 GMT
References: <000019B@cdis-1.compu.com>
Reply-To: diamond@tkou02.enet.dec.com (diamond@tkovoa)
Organization: Digital Equipment Corporation Japan , Tokyo
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In article <000019B@cdis-1.compu.com> tanner@cdis-1.compu.com writes:

>	char		nonconst_str[10];
>	const char	const_str[10] = "123456789";
>	blunge = printf("%s\n", cond ? const_str : nonconst_str);

It is legal.  The expression (cond ? const_str : nonconst_str) has
type (const char *).

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Norman Diamond, Nihon DEC     diamond@tkou02.enet.dec.com
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