From: Damian Yerrick <Bullcr_pd_yerrick AT hotmail DOT comRemoveBullcr_p>
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Subject: Re: what's this mean?
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Date: Thu, 30 Nov 2000 21:16:57 GMT
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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 *.

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

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