Re: "const" scalars

[Ben Pfaff]

Jim Meyering <address@hidden> writes:

> Paul Eggert wrote:
>> I agree with Bruno on this point.  It's hard enough to read C code
>> without having to wade through all those 'const's on local variables.
>
> By "local variables" you must mean "local scalar variables".
> You wouldn't argue for dropping "const" as a pointer attribute.

Are you thinking of pointers as not being scalars?  In C, scalar
types include pointer types, see C99 6.2.5: "Arithmetic types and
pointer types are collectively called scalar types."

(I don't have anything real to add to the discussion, but it's
good to be careful about vocabulary.)
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Ben Pfaff 
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