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From: "Robert P. J. Day" <rpjday@mindspring.com>
Subject: Re: type qualifiers on function return types?
Date: Thu, 8 Dec 2005 13:00:39 -0500 (EST)
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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