On 10/11/05, Felix Oxley <lkml@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > I think I am getting it! > But is there any point in declaring > > const char *foo = ""; > > isn't this equivalent to: > > char *foo; No. I am just guessing that this is done this way so that ANSI C compilers don't crib. ./h -- Operating Systems and Computer Architecture Research - University of Cincinnati http://www.ececs.uc.edu/~mohapth -- Kernelnewbies: Help each other learn about the Linux kernel. Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/kernelnewbies/ FAQ: http://kernelnewbies.org/faq/