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Re: on the order of the const-keyword

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Le 28/10/2021 à 19:10, james...@alumni.caltech.edu a écrit :
> On Thursday, October 28, 2021 at 12:26:09 PM UTC-4, Bart wrote:
> ...
>> 'const' (as well as short, int, long, float, double, even static and
>> typedef) can occur anywhere, in any combination, in the declaration of a
>> base type (what goes on the left before the first variable).
> ...
>> However when applied to a pointer, then it must go after *.
> 
> const char * p
> char * const q;
> char const * const r;
> 
> are all permitted. p is a pointer to const char. q is a const pointer to char. r is a const pointer to const char.

Yes indeed!
With pointer declarations, 'const' has a different meaning depending on 
where it is located relative to '*', as you showed.

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on the order of the const-keyword Meredith Montgomery <mmontgomery@levado.to> - 2021-10-28 12:50 -0300
  Re: on the order of the const-keyword Bart <bc@freeuk.com> - 2021-10-28 17:25 +0100
    Re: on the order of the const-keyword "james...@alumni.caltech.edu" <jameskuyper@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2021-10-28 10:10 -0700
      Re: on the order of the const-keyword Guillaume <message@bottle.org> - 2021-10-28 20:40 +0200
      Re: on the order of the const-keyword Meredith Montgomery <mmontgomery@levado.to> - 2021-10-29 00:07 -0300
        Re: on the order of the const-keyword James Kuyper <jameskuyper@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2021-10-29 00:48 -0400
    Re: on the order of the const-keyword Thiago Adams <thiago.adams@gmail.com> - 2021-10-28 12:56 -0700
      Re: on the order of the const-keyword Thiago Adams <thiago.adams@gmail.com> - 2021-10-28 13:18 -0700
        Re: on the order of the const-keyword Bart <bc@freeuk.com> - 2021-10-28 21:35 +0100
          Re: on the order of the const-keyword Thiago Adams <thiago.adams@gmail.com> - 2021-10-28 13:57 -0700
            Re: on the order of the const-keyword Thiago Adams <thiago.adams@gmail.com> - 2021-10-28 14:07 -0700
              Re: on the order of the const-keyword Bart <bc@freeuk.com> - 2021-10-28 22:54 +0100
              Re: on the order of the const-keyword Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com> - 2021-10-28 15:37 -0700
                Re: on the order of the const-keyword Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2021-10-29 00:02 +0100
        Re: on the order of the const-keyword Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2021-10-28 22:10 +0100
        Re: on the order of the const-keyword Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com> - 2021-10-28 15:13 -0700
        Re: on the order of the const-keyword Meredith Montgomery <mmontgomery@levado.to> - 2021-10-29 00:40 -0300
    Re: on the order of the const-keyword Meredith Montgomery <mmontgomery@levado.to> - 2021-10-28 23:48 -0300
  Re: on the order of the const-keyword James Kuyper <jameskuyper@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2021-10-28 13:04 -0400
    Re: on the order of the const-keyword Meredith Montgomery <mmontgomery@levado.to> - 2021-10-29 00:34 -0300
  Re: on the order of the const-keyword David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2021-10-29 10:03 +0200
    Re: on the order of the const-keyword Bart <bc@freeuk.com> - 2021-10-29 11:30 +0100
      Re: on the order of the const-keyword David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2021-10-29 16:31 +0200
        Re: on the order of the const-keyword Bart <bc@freeuk.com> - 2021-10-29 16:45 +0100
          Re: on the order of the const-keyword David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2021-10-29 18:30 +0200
            Re: on the order of the const-keyword Manfred <noname@add.invalid> - 2021-10-30 00:32 +0200
              Re: on the order of the const-keyword Meredith Montgomery <mmontgomery@levado.to> - 2021-10-29 20:03 -0300
              Re: on the order of the const-keyword Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2021-10-30 01:10 +0100
            Re: on the order of the const-keyword Bart <bc@freeuk.com> - 2021-10-29 23:51 +0100
    Re: on the order of the const-keyword Meredith Montgomery <mmontgomery@levado.to> - 2021-10-29 12:22 -0300
      Re: on the order of the const-keyword David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2021-10-29 18:34 +0200
        Re: on the order of the const-keyword Meredith Montgomery <mmontgomery@levado.to> - 2021-10-29 17:04 -0300

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