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Damian Yerrick a écrit dans le message ...
>On Thu, 30 Nov 2000 21:34:43 +0100, "-hs-"
><email DOT invalid AT server DOT invalid> wrote:
>
>>void mem_err(char const *, char const *)
>
>YM const char *.


'const char *' and 'char const *' are the same thing (Constant pointed
value)

'char * const' is something else. (Constant pointer)

>IIRC, with char const *, it's the pointer that's constant, not the

Of course not.

>value the pointer references.  With const char *, the pointer can
>change (using ++ and -- to move around in the vector), but nothing can
>be modified through the pointer.


In both cases.


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