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Re: [OT] Re: local constants with switch

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Eric Sosman <esosman@comcast-dot-net.invalid> wrote:
> 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."

I remember "constants" in C as preprocessor symbols #define'd to
some literal value.

PS: compiler's wrath for the sin of writing "const" variables may
  nowadays be enforced by the OS, if constant data ends up being
  placed in a read-only memory segment.

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local constants with switch Andreas Leitgeb <avl@auth.logic.tuwien.ac.at> - 2014-08-12 16:56 +0000
  Re: local constants with switch Donkey Hottie <donkey@fredriksson.dy.fi> - 2014-08-12 20:30 +0300
  Re: local constants with switch Andreas Leitgeb <avl@auth.logic.tuwien.ac.at> - 2014-08-12 21:15 +0000
    Re: local constants with switch Silvio <silvio@internet.com> - 2014-08-12 23:20 +0200
    Re: local constants with switch Silvio <silvio@internet.com> - 2014-08-12 23:22 +0200
  Re: local constants with switch Lew <lewbloch@gmail.com> - 2014-08-15 15:22 -0700
    Re: local constants with switch Andreas Leitgeb <avl@auth.logic.tuwien.ac.at> - 2014-08-16 00:24 +0000
      Re: local constants with switch Roedy Green <see_website@mindprod.com.invalid> - 2014-08-18 23:46 -0700
        Re: local constants with switch Andreas Leitgeb <avl@auth.logic.tuwien.ac.at> - 2014-08-21 13:57 +0000
          Re: local constants with switch Joerg Meier <joergmmeier@arcor.de> - 2014-08-21 18:52 +0200
            Re: local constants with switch Mike Amling <mamling@chaff.us> - 2014-08-21 13:19 -0500
              Re: local constants with switch Joerg Meier <joergmmeier@arcor.de> - 2014-08-21 22:41 +0200
            [OT] Re: local constants with switch Eric Sosman <esosman@comcast-dot-net.invalid> - 2014-08-21 14:42 -0400
              Re: [OT] Re: local constants with switch Andreas Leitgeb <avl@auth.logic.tuwien.ac.at> - 2014-08-21 19:21 +0000
                Re: [OT] Re: local constants with switch Joshua Cranmer 🐧 <Pidgeot18@verizon.invalid> - 2014-08-21 22:30 -0500
                Re: [OT] Re: local constants with switch Silvio <silvio@internet.com> - 2014-08-23 14:01 +0200
                Re: [OT] Re: local constants with switch Andreas Leitgeb <avl@auth.logic.tuwien.ac.at> - 2014-08-23 15:22 +0000
              Re: [OT] Re: local constants with switch Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2014-08-23 22:12 -0400
          Re: local constants with switch Jim Gibson <jimsgibson@gmail.com> - 2014-08-21 17:04 -0700
            [OT] Re: local constants with switch Eric Sosman <esosman@comcast-dot-net.invalid> - 2014-08-21 20:50 -0400
              Re: [OT] Re: local constants with switch Martin Gregorie <martin@address-in-sig.invalid> - 2014-08-22 11:48 +0000
  Re: local constants with switch Joerg Meier <joergmmeier@arcor.de> - 2014-08-16 01:18 +0200
    Re: local constants with switch Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2014-08-15 22:44 -0400
      Re: local constants with switch Andreas Leitgeb <avl@auth.logic.tuwien.ac.at> - 2014-08-16 09:01 +0000
        Re: local constants with switch Joerg Meier <joergmmeier@arcor.de> - 2014-08-16 12:08 +0200
        Re: local constants with switch Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2014-08-16 20:39 -0400
          Re: local constants with switch Joerg Meier <joergmmeier@arcor.de> - 2014-08-17 13:08 +0200
      Re: local constants with switch Joerg Meier <joergmmeier@arcor.de> - 2014-08-16 12:07 +0200
  Re: local constants with switch Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2014-08-15 22:42 -0400
    Re: local constants with switch Andreas Leitgeb <avl@auth.logic.tuwien.ac.at> - 2014-08-16 09:17 +0000

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