From: "Robert P. J. Day" <rpjday@mindspring.com>
To: Nate Jenkins <nate@uniwest.com>
Cc: C programming list <linux-c-programming@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: type qualifiers on function return types?
Date: Thu, 8 Dec 2005 13:00:39 -0500 (EST) [thread overview]
Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.63.0512081259330.7428@localhost.localdomain> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <001401c5fc1e$d7963110$8e01a8c0@Nate>
On Thu, 8 Dec 2005, Nate Jenkins wrote:
> I am sure I am not the only one here wondering what "type
> qualifiers" are. Could someone expound on what they are and why one
> would use them?
one of const, volatile or restrict. chances are, unless you're doing
low-level hardware programming, "const" is what you'd use most often.
for further explanation, see any good C book.
rday
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2005-12-08 18:00 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2005-12-08 12:32 type qualifiers on function return types? Robert P. J. Day
2005-12-08 16:58 ` Steve Graegert
2005-12-08 17:43 ` Nate Jenkins
2005-12-08 18:00 ` Robert P. J. Day [this message]
2005-12-08 18:07 ` Steve Graegert
2005-12-08 18:16 ` Nate Jenkins
2005-12-09 19:25 ` Glynn Clements
2005-12-08 17:58 ` Robert P. J. Day
2005-12-09 19:03 ` Glynn Clements
2005-12-09 19:04 ` Robert P. J. Day
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