Date: Tue, 19 Feb 2002 14:47:56 -0500 From: Peter Dufault <dufault@hda.hda.com> To: Mike Barcroft <mike@FreeBSD.ORG> Cc: "Jacques A. Vidrine" <nectar@FreeBSD.ORG>, Chuck Rouillard <chuckr@opus.sandiegoca.ncr.com>, FreeBSD-Standards <freebsd-standards@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: pathchk - review Message-ID: <20020219144756.A636@hda.hda.com> In-Reply-To: <20020217004339.J57687@espresso.q9media.com>; from mike@FreeBSD.ORG on Sun, Feb 17, 2002 at 12:43:39AM -0500 References: <20020129210829.GC50337@madman.nectar.cc> <20020205232519.N7805-101000@opus.sandiegoca.ncr.com> <20020212170303.B55750@espresso.q9media.com> <20020217020217.GB46829@madman.nectar.cc> <20020217004339.J57687@espresso.q9media.com>
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> The type is a pointer to a read-only string. The type he was really > looking for was a read-only pointer to a read-only string: > > const char * const VARIABLE; > > But as I suggested, manifest constants are better. No, debuggers don't handle them well. "When possible, avoid the preprocessor" IMHO. The same applies to magic numbers versus enums. Peter -- Peter Dufault (dufault@hda.com) Realtime development, Machine control, HD Associates, Inc. Fail-Safe systems, Agency approval To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-standards" in the body of the message
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