Re: const modifier

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tune more wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Here is an example of "const modifier" usage:
>      int execv(const char *path, char *const argv[]);
> Is there any different between const before char * and
> const after char *.
> 

const char* pc1; /* A pointer to constant characters: *pc1 = 'a'
                     will fail to compile, but pc1="a" is OK. */
char * pc2 const; /* A constant pointer to non-const character.
                     *pc2='a' is OK, but pc2="a" will fail
                     to compile. */

You need to find a copy of a recent edition of K&R (that
is, Kernighan & Ritchie, "The C Programming Language").

Cheers,

-- Joe

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