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From: kline@tao.thought.org (Gary D. Kline)
Subject: ANSI/POSIX (?) question....
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This isn't exactly a *BSD question, but it does relate to my porting
of the andrew suite.

What does this syntax signify:

	extern const char *const sys_siglist[];

as opposed to the simpler original:

	extern char *sys_siglist[];?

In particular, what does the "*const sys_siglist[] buy that the
"*sys_siglist[]" doesn't?   Why would not:

	extern const char *sys_sylist[];

suffice to tell the compiler that sys_siglist[] is an array of
constant character pointers?  

gary

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  Gary D. Kline         kline@tao.thought.org          Public access uNix