From: John Max Skaller (skaller_at_[hidden])
Date: 2001-07-26 15:04:57
> Tim Butler wrote:
> ------------------------------------------------------------------
> > 6.7. Place const after the base type it modifies. This simple rule
> makes it
> > easier to write type declarations correctly and will make your
> declarations
> > consistent with compiler-generated type descriptions in error
> messages.
>
> o I disagree with this simply because I suspect the "const before"
> form is more familiar to most people.
The rule was written to get people
to change from inconsistent habits:
T const * const * const * const x = ..
is consistent.
const T * const * const * const x = ..
plainly isn't.
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