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From: Robert Dewar <robert_dewar@my-dejanews.com>
Subject: Re: scope and/or parameters (beginner)
Date: 1999/04/15
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In article <37162593.73F3F640@prolifics.com>,
  Hyman Rosen <hymie@prolifics.com> wrote:
> C compilers routinely place const global data into
> readonly segments. I assure you, they are quite constant!

Of course such an implementation is valid, undefined covers
a lot of ground, but please prove your assertion that
assignment to a const object is illegal, by specific
reference to the ANSI standard!


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