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05/15/09 22:28
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#165399 - using 'const' for 'code' would be very bad
Responding to: ???'s previous message
I would be very worried by a 8051 compiler that decides that the 'const' keyword should mean the 'code' memory area. That would break code that uses 'const' to just say that the program may not modify a variable. In short, it would say that the compiler vendor don't understand the C language and have made a very, very broken decision that should have them banned.

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C lang. question            01/01/70 00:00      
   Confused            01/01/70 00:00      
      re:            01/01/70 00:00      
         Did you get the job?            01/01/70 00:00      
            Do you _want_ the job?            01/01/70 00:00      
               Same same            01/01/70 00:00      
                  Yes, that was exactly what I meant!            01/01/70 00:00      
            re:job            01/01/70 00:00      
            OR            01/01/70 00:00      
               I wouldn't have thought so?            01/01/70 00:00      
                  Who knows            01/01/70 00:00      
                     not really applicable            01/01/70 00:00      
                        I agree            01/01/70 00:00      
                           Still missing the point.            01/01/70 00:00      
                              using 'const' for 'code' would be very bad            01/01/70 00:00      
                              Two examples            01/01/70 00:00      
                                 Different issues            01/01/70 00:00      
                                    architectual            01/01/70 00:00      
                                       Actually irrelevant to the const keyword            01/01/70 00:00      
                                          if it is irrelevant, then why ...            01/01/70 00:00      
                                             Because they are not equivalent            01/01/70 00:00      
                                          Exactly.            01/01/70 00:00      
                                             Standard mechanisms for extensions            01/01/70 00:00      
      volatile applies to data - not functions            01/01/70 00:00      
   Delay loops in 'C' (or any other HLL)            01/01/70 00:00      

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