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Kevin McIsaac (KevinM@lamsys.com) wrote:
> 
>   typedef char* Pc;
>   void f(const Pc);       // void f(char* const)  (not const char*)
>   void g(const int Pc);   // void g(const int)
> 
> May questions are: why the f(const Pc) resolves to char* const? Is the 
> associativity changed? And is it possible to format f(), using Pc, such that 
> it resolves to const char*? TIA.

Because Pc is a pointer to char so const Pc should be a constant pointer to
a char. This is written char* const.
const char* is a pointer to a constant char which is something different.

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