On Mon, 17 Aug 1998, George wrote:
> On Mon, 17 Aug 1998, Warren Robbins wrote:
> >Question: Why does sprintbit() use a const char *whatever[] as of bpl14?
> >If my memory serves me, it wasn't constant before. Does this create a
> >problem? I question this because, I could in theory make a clan code
> >which creates a character array that would not be a constant, and in
> >theory use sprintbit. Why the `const'?
>
> Because sprintbit() doesn't change the array, thus it can accept a const.
But _CAN_ and _MUST_ are two different things. I just was wondering
because you get a bunch of warnings when you put the bpl13 patch for Oasis
into bpl14. All over the difference between "extern char *boogies[]" and
"extern const char *boogies[]".
-B.
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