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From: rpjday@ccu.umanitoba.ca
Newsgroups: comp.std.c
Subject: Re: the "const" qualifier
Message-ID: <1990Aug2.002846.29930@ccu.umanitoba.ca>
Date: 2 Aug 90 00:28:46 GMT
References: <1990Aug1.005200.21645@ccu.umanitoba.ca>
Organization: University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada
Lines: 14

In article <1990Aug1.005200.21645@ccu.umanitoba.ca> I write:

>  Section 3.5.3, line 26, we have, "For two qualified types to be
>compatible, both shall have the identically qualified version of a 
>compatible type..."  Does "compatible" mean assignment compatible?
>That is, I am not allowed to do 
>
>	const int i = 10;
>	int j;
>	j = i;   ???
>
>even though this has no effectg on the value of j?

Of course, what I meant was "no effect on the value of i".  Sigh.