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From: Eric Sosman <esosman@comcast-dot-net.invalid>
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Subject: [OT] Re: local constants with switch
Date: Thu, 21 Aug 2014 14:42:31 -0400
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On 8/21/2014 12:52 PM, Joerg Meier wrote:
> On Thu, 21 Aug 2014 13:57:33 +0000 (UTC), Andreas Leitgeb wrote:
>> [...]
>> PS: I agree, that "constant variable" is an oxymoron.
>>    A better term might have been "(constant) vari-un-able" ;-)
>
> Good old C went with just "constant", if I recall.

     "Good old C" had no such notion at all.  "ANSI C" introduced
`const', which doesn't mean "constant" but something closer to
"read-only unless you bend the rules and risk the compiler's wrath."

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