Newsgroups: comp.lang.c
Path: utzoo!henry
From: henry@utzoo.uucp (Henry Spencer)
Subject: Re: const pointers
Message-ID: <1988Apr5.215844.1838@utzoo.uucp>
Organization: U of Toronto Zoology
References: <1988Apr3.013733.28401@utzoo.uucp>, <1988Apr4.082020.1687@light.uucp>
Date: Tue, 5 Apr 88 21:58:44 GMT

> >               ...              const on a pointer does not mean that the
> >thing pointed to is constant, just that attempts to modify it through that
> 							    ^^
> >pointer are illegal...
> 
> Huh?  If by `it' you mean the object pointed to by the const pointer,
> your intepretation seems wrong...

Combination of bad wording on my part and a misunderstanding on yours:
I'm talking about "const foo *", which is the *useful* form of const
pointer, whereas you're thinking of "foo *const".

(Actually, before I get flamed on this, I'll concede that "foo *const"
has uses... small ones, insufficient to justify its addition to the
language in my opinion.)
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