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From: tainter@ihlpg.ATT.COM (Tainter)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c
Subject: Re: char constant?
Message-ID: <5214@ihlpg.ATT.COM>
Date: 17 Apr 88 19:33:00 GMT
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In article <11072@mimsy.UUCP>, chris@mimsy.UUCP (Chris Torek) writes:
> In article <5206@ihlpg.ATT.COM> tainter@ihlpg.ATT.COM (Tainter) writes:
> -Is "ABCD"[0] legal ANSI C?
> Yes.  It is not, however, a constant expression (see section 3.4).

Well then, fix the standard!  Quick before it gets cast in concrete!

There is no possbile excuse for this not being a constant expression.
Every component is a constant, why isn't the result a constant?

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