Hi,
I hope somebody can explain this to me. :-)
In certain places I have seen the following code:
(e.g. scripts/pnmtologo.c or arch/ppc/platforms/chrp_setup.c)
static const char *foo = "ABC";
int main(int argc, char *argv[])
{
foo = "some other value";
}
How can this be allowed? foo has been declared constant and yet is being
assigned a new value ?
Also, I have seen a lot of: const char *foo = "";
There would be no point in declaring a constant empty string so it must be
given a new value elsewhere in the code.
Please tell me what is going on :-)
regards,
Felix
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