q for the C hackers

[Kevin D. Clark]

Tom Fogal <tfogal at io.iol.unh.edu> writes:

> the const int way stores the variable in read only memory, and thus, IMO is a
> waste of memory. Also, it would be required to do a memory lookup when 
> accessing the value.

The value *might* get stored in read-only memory.  The standard
doesn't require this.

[snip]

> Finally, I've never actually heard of 'const' in C. I know that it was
> introduced with C++, although i would not be surprised to see later editions
> of the C standard included it.
> It is not in K&R ('the white book'), IIRC.

Unless you're looking at the old testament, I gotta believe its in
there.  "const" most certainly exists in C.

Regards,

--kevin
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