Re: const and struct pointers

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From: Henry Spencer
Date: Sat, 24 Feb 1990 23:39

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In article <90054.232325CMH117@psuvm.psu.edu> CMH117@psuvm.psu.edu (Charles Hannum) writes:
>... you simply can't pass a structure by value.

Passing (and returning) structures by value has been a feature of C for
over a decade.
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