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From: Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid>
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Subject: Re: More Funny Stuff From Joel
Date: Tue, 11 Jun 2024 06:55:52 -0000 (UTC)
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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.