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From: karl@haddock.ISC.COM (Karl Heuer)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c
Subject: Re: Teaching const
Message-ID: <3300@haddock.ISC.COM>
Date: 2 Apr 88 07:57:14 GMT
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In article <10203@steinmetz.steinmetz.ge.com> davidsen@kbsvax.steinmetz.UUCP (William E. Davidsen Jr) writes:
>Could someone give me a good method to use when teaching students C,
>such that they will be able to remember the syntax of
>	pointer to {type} const
>	- vs -
>	const pointer to {type}

If you write "{type} const" rather than "const {type}", then "const" follows
pretty much the same rules as "*".  You can use whatever method you use to
distinguish "pointer to function" from "function returning pointer".

Karl W. Z. Heuer (ima!haddock!karl or karl@haddock.isc.com), The Walking Lint