Re: ... char * * promotion to char const * const * ...

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From: Fergus Henderson
Date: Thu, 18 Jan 1996 16:32

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mklenk@updike.sri.com (Mark Klenk) writes:

>	My question is this:
>
>	Why does a char * * not naturally promote to a
>	char const * const *?

It's an unfortunate limitation imposed by the C standard.

Incidentally, this bug is fixed in C++ - your code is legal C++,
according to the draft C++ standard.

I hope this bug will also get fixed in C9X.

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