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From: candycanearter07 <candycanearter07@candycanearter07.nomail.afraid>
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Subject: Re: More Funny Stuff From Joel
Date: Tue, 11 Jun 2024 16:05:03 -0000 (UTC)
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Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> wrote at 06:55 this Tuesday (GMT):
> On 11 Jun 2024 06:54:44 GMT, rbowman wrote:
>
>> On Tue, 11 Jun 2024 04:50:03 -0000 (UTC), candycanearter07 wrote:
>> 
>>> rbowman <bowman@montana.com> wrote at 04:30 this Tuesday (GMT):
>>>
>>>> On Tue, 11 Jun 2024 02:40:08 -0000 (UTC), candycanearter07 wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> 	const char *phr = phrase;
>>>>
>>>> Oh, you're one of those :)
>>> 
>>> What's that mean?
>> 
>> I'm not very fond of const. It has its place but it gets thrown around
>> promiscuously. A function where a parameter has be defined as a const
>> for no particular reason can gum up the works.
>
> In this case, it indicates that the variable “phr” only has read-only 
> access to the string.


Well, yes, since the string itself is also a constant.
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