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From: Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org>
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Malcolm McLean <malcolm.mclean5@btinternet.com> writes:
[...]
> char buff[1024];
[...]
> buff is a constant character pointer, except for the odd little
> quirk which is mainly undesireable in real code anyway.

Malcolm, please stop this nonsense.  buff is an array
object.  It is not a pointer.  Perhaps you could call it a
Malcolm-constant-character-pointer.

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