Joseph A Knapka wrote: > 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. */ Sorry, that second decl should be char * const pc2; /* A const * to non-const char */ > You need to find a copy of a recent edition of K&R (that > is, Kernighan & Ritchie, "The C Programming Language"). ...and apparently I need to re-read mine... Cheers, -- Joe -- Kernelnewbies: Help each other learn about the Linux kernel. Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/kernelnewbies/ FAQ: http://kernelnewbies.org/faq/
