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From: maart@cs.vu.nl (Maarten Litmaath)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c
Subject: Re^2: Question on const applied to typedef'd pointer
Message-ID: <2107@solo11.cs.vu.nl>
Date: 28 Feb 89 15:30:10 GMT
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gwyn@smoke.BRL.MIL (Doug Gwyn ) writes:
\... -- there can be many levels within
\a type at which "const" could be applied, but the typedef name has
\only two adjacent sides as possible slots for sticking in "const",
\not enough for all the possible levels.

How about applying `const' to the outer level? Seems natural, seems simple.

typedef	char	*BAR;
typedef	BAR	*FOO;

`const	FOO	baz' ->
`const	BAR	*baz' ->
`const	char	**baz'
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