Date: Fri, 08 Jun 2001 11:26:04 -0700 From: Mike Smith <msmith@freebsd.org> To: Thomas David Rivers <rivers@dignus.com> Cc: jhb@FreeBSD.ORG, roam@orbitel.bg, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: free() and const warnings Message-ID: <200106081826.f58IQ4r01256@mass.dis.org> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Fri, 08 Jun 2001 06:55:50 EDT." <200106081055.GAA49069@lakes.dignus.com>
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> Since some strings are non-constant (the are allocated) - I believe
> the `const' qualifier in the structure declaration is incorrect.
'const' just means "I will not be modifying this"; it's a way for a
function prototype to constrain the function's implementation.
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