Hi Keith,
> conventionally:
>
> const int foo;
>
> is more common than:
>
> int const foo;
Agreed. Though that convention started before all the other bells and
whistles were added.
> const char *foo;
foo is a pointer to a char that's const.
> char const *foo;
foo is a pointer to a const char.
> (The former declares a mutable pointer to an immutable C-string;
Both the above two.
> the latter is an immutable pointer to a mutable C-string).
char * const foo;
foo is a const pointer to char.
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Cheers, Ralph.
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