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Article #1315Re: const arrays in prototypes
From: diamond
Date: Tue, 29 May 1990 01:44
Date: Tue, 29 May 1990 01:44
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In article <1990May26.164834.4211@jarvis.csri.toronto.edu> norvell@csri.toronto.edu (Theo Norvell) writes: >>Perhaps you mean >> void DISALLOW( const int (*const mat)[2] ) >>But this is UGLY. It's as ugly as any other solution, and as ugly as most of C. >>Is the following a solution? >> typedef const int const_matrix[2][2] ; >> ... >> void DISALLOW( const const_matrix mat ) >>If not, I'm sure someone will point out why. This is also valid. But you know the net. Even if it's a solution, we can still trust someone to point out why it isn't. ;-) In article <1359@crabcake> zhu@crabcake.cs.jhu.edu (Benjamin Zhu) writes: > Nope. In this case, "const" has been used twice, i.e., it > is duplicatedly declared, which I believe is illegal in > Ansi stardard. Moreover, I fail to notice any semantical > difference between "const_matrix" and "const const_matrix". > Maybe you mean something else? Mr. Zhu, you have gotten this one wrong twice. Looks like you should take a vacation from answering questions, until you're more alert. typedef const int const_matrix[2][2] ; means that a variable of type const_matrix will have constant elements. void DISALLOW( const const_matrix mat ) means that the pointer "mat" is a constant pointer. So the result is a constant pointer to constant elements. The two "const"s do not duplicate each other. -- Norman Diamond, Nihon DEC diamond@tkou02.enet.dec.com Proposed group comp.networks.load-reduction: send your "yes" vote to /dev/null.
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!attcan!uunet!snorkelwacker!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!purdue!decwrl!shlump.nac.dec.com!tkou02.enet.dec.com!diamond From: diamond@tkou02.enet.dec.com (diamond@tkovoa) Newsgroups: comp.std.c Subject: Re: const arrays in prototypes Message-ID: <1745@tkou02.enet.dec.com> Date: 29 May 90 01:44:07 GMT References: <2781@sunset.MATH.UCLA.EDU> <1356@crabcake> <1990May26.164834.4211@jarvis.csri.toronto.edu> <1359@crabcake> Reply-To: diamond@tkou02.enet.dec.com (diamond@tkovoa) Organization: Digital Equipment Corporation Japan , Tokyo Lines: 36