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From: Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org>
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Subject: Re: C++ features for C
Date: Mon, 14 May 2018 10:35:06 -0700
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David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> writes:
> On 13/05/18 22:20, Keith Thompson wrote:
[...]
>> You are conflating "const" and "constant".  They mean two *very*
>> different things in C.  Defining an object with "const" never makes
>> its name a constant expression.
>
> Yes, I know.  But have been a bit loose on the technical terms in posts
> in this thread.
[...]

Please don't.  The distinction between "const" and "constant" is
both widely misunderstood and central to the current discussion.
Please don't add to the confusion.

-- 
Keith Thompson (The_Other_Keith) kst-u@mib.org  <http://www.ghoti.net/~kst>
Working, but not speaking, for JetHead Development, Inc.
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