Re: arm-gcc: pointer to constant string

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From	Jacob Sparre Andersen <jacob@jacob-sparre.dk>
Newsgroups	comp.arch.embedded
Subject	Re: arm-gcc: pointer to constant string
Date	Mon, 24 Sep 2018 12:53:20 +0200
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David Brown wrote:

> There is no point in knowing how to test for a bug that you would
> never have written in the first place.

Well.  We are human, so we may occassionally make mistakes.  (I have
enough experience to know that I can make errors I never really would
make.)  There is also the matter of protecting the construct against
later (incorrect) modification.

Greetings,

Jacob
-- 
"make it easy for folks to make changes that remain consistent
 with the documentation and discourage them from those changes
 that would result in the comments being invalidated"

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arm-gcc: pointer to constant string pozz <pozzugno@gmail.com> - 2018-09-14 09:50 +0200
  Re: arm-gcc: pointer to constant string David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2018-09-14 11:18 +0200
    Re: arm-gcc: pointer to constant string pozz <pozzugno@gmail.com> - 2018-09-14 13:05 +0200
      Re: arm-gcc: pointer to constant string David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2018-09-14 13:25 +0200
  Re: arm-gcc: pointer to constant string Nils M Holm <nmh@ananda.local> - 2018-09-14 09:47 +0000
    Re: arm-gcc: pointer to constant string David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2018-09-14 12:26 +0200
      Re: arm-gcc: pointer to constant string Stef <stef33d@yahooI-N-V-A-L-I-D.com.invalid> - 2018-09-14 14:52 +0200
        Re: arm-gcc: pointer to constant string David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2018-09-14 16:04 +0200
          Re: arm-gcc: pointer to constant string Tom Gardner <spamjunk@blueyonder.co.uk> - 2018-09-14 15:48 +0100
            Re: arm-gcc: pointer to constant string David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2018-09-14 17:02 +0200
              Re: arm-gcc: pointer to constant string Tom Gardner <spamjunk@blueyonder.co.uk> - 2018-09-14 18:45 +0100
                Re: arm-gcc: pointer to constant string David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2018-09-14 20:37 +0200
                Re: arm-gcc: pointer to constant string Tom Gardner <spamjunk@blueyonder.co.uk> - 2018-09-14 20:51 +0100
                Re: arm-gcc: pointer to constant string David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2018-09-15 16:24 +0200
                Re: arm-gcc: pointer to constant string Tom Gardner <spamjunk@blueyonder.co.uk> - 2018-09-15 17:28 +0100
                Re: arm-gcc: pointer to constant string Clifford Heath <no.spam@please.net> - 2018-09-16 13:58 +1000
                Re: arm-gcc: pointer to constant string Tom Gardner <spamjunk@blueyonder.co.uk> - 2018-09-16 08:42 +0100
                Re: arm-gcc: pointer to constant string Tom Gardner <spamjunk@blueyonder.co.uk> - 2018-09-16 08:47 +0100
                Re: arm-gcc: pointer to constant string Clifford Heath <no.spam@please.net> - 2018-09-16 20:18 +1000
                Re: arm-gcc: pointer to constant string Tom Gardner <spamjunk@blueyonder.co.uk> - 2018-09-16 12:25 +0100
                Re: arm-gcc: pointer to constant string Clifford Heath <no.spam@please.net> - 2018-09-16 22:22 +1000
                Re: arm-gcc: pointer to constant string David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2018-09-16 15:00 +0200
                Re: arm-gcc: pointer to constant string Tom Gardner <spamjunk@blueyonder.co.uk> - 2018-09-16 14:33 +0100
                Re: arm-gcc: pointer to constant string David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2018-09-16 22:06 +0200
                Re: arm-gcc: pointer to constant string Tom Gardner <spamjunk@blueyonder.co.uk> - 2018-09-16 21:42 +0100
                Re: arm-gcc: pointer to constant string Les Cargill <lcargill99@comcast.com> - 2018-09-17 21:24 -0500
                Re: arm-gcc: pointer to constant string David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2018-09-18 08:49 +0200
                Re: arm-gcc: pointer to constant string Les Cargill <lcargill99@comcast.com> - 2018-09-21 22:15 -0500
                Re: arm-gcc: pointer to constant string David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2018-09-22 11:53 +0200
                Testing (Was: arm-gcc: pointer to constant string) Jacob Sparre Andersen <jacob@jacob-sparre.dk> - 2018-09-22 12:16 +0200
                Re: Testing (Was: arm-gcc: pointer to constant string) David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2018-09-22 13:31 +0200
                Re: Testing (Was: arm-gcc: pointer to constant string) Clifford Heath <no.spam@please.net> - 2018-09-23 09:26 +1000
                Re: arm-gcc: pointer to constant string Niklas Holsti <niklas.holsti@tidorum.invalid> - 2018-09-22 20:06 +0300
                Re: arm-gcc: pointer to constant string David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2018-09-23 14:39 +0200
                Re: arm-gcc: pointer to constant string Les Cargill <lcargill99@comcast.com> - 2018-09-22 13:50 -0500
                Re: arm-gcc: pointer to constant string David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2018-09-23 15:21 +0200
                Re: arm-gcc: pointer to constant string Tom Gardner <spamjunk@blueyonder.co.uk> - 2018-09-23 16:06 +0100
                Re: arm-gcc: pointer to constant string julio@diegidio.name - 2018-09-23 08:41 -0700
                Re: arm-gcc: pointer to constant string Tom Gardner <spamjunk@blueyonder.co.uk> - 2018-09-23 16:49 +0100
                Re: arm-gcc: pointer to constant string julio@diegidio.name - 2018-09-23 08:56 -0700
                Re: arm-gcc: pointer to constant string Tom Gardner <spamjunk@blueyonder.co.uk> - 2018-09-23 18:20 +0100
                Re: arm-gcc: pointer to constant string julio@diegidio.name - 2018-09-23 12:05 -0700
                Re: arm-gcc: pointer to constant string Tom Gardner <spamjunk@blueyonder.co.uk> - 2018-09-23 20:50 +0100
                Re: arm-gcc: pointer to constant string Les Cargill <lcargill99@comcast.com> - 2018-09-23 12:04 -0500
                Re: arm-gcc: pointer to constant string Tom Gardner <spamjunk@blueyonder.co.uk> - 2018-09-23 18:27 +0100
                Re: arm-gcc: pointer to constant string David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2018-09-23 19:37 +0200
                Re: arm-gcc: pointer to constant string Jacob Sparre Andersen <jacob@jacob-sparre.dk> - 2018-09-24 12:53 +0200
                Re: arm-gcc: pointer to constant string David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2018-09-24 13:49 +0200
                Re: arm-gcc: pointer to constant string Les Cargill <lcargill99@comcast.com> - 2018-09-28 20:17 -0500
                Re: arm-gcc: pointer to constant string Tom Gardner <spamjunk@blueyonder.co.uk> - 2018-09-18 08:32 +0100
                Re: arm-gcc: pointer to constant string David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2018-09-18 10:02 +0200
                Re: arm-gcc: pointer to constant string Les Cargill <lcargill99@comcast.com> - 2018-09-21 22:17 -0500
          Re: arm-gcc: pointer to constant string Stef <stef33d@yahooI-N-V-A-L-I-D.com.invalid> - 2018-09-14 18:30 +0200
            Re: arm-gcc: pointer to constant string David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2018-09-14 20:46 +0200
      Re: arm-gcc: pointer to constant string Stefan Reuther <stefan.news@arcor.de> - 2018-09-14 19:57 +0200
        Re: arm-gcc: pointer to constant string David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2018-09-14 20:56 +0200
          Re: arm-gcc: pointer to constant string Stefan Reuther <stefan.news@arcor.de> - 2018-09-15 18:32 +0200
            Re: arm-gcc: pointer to constant string David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2018-09-16 15:06 +0200
      Re: arm-gcc: pointer to constant string Richard Damon <Richard@Damon-Family.org> - 2018-09-14 19:59 -0400
        Re: arm-gcc: pointer to constant string David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2018-09-15 16:25 +0200
  Re: arm-gcc: pointer to constant string Tauno Voipio <tauno.voipio@notused.fi.invalid> - 2018-09-14 13:49 +0300

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