Subj : Re: Software Job Market Myths
To   : comp.programming,comp.software-eng
From : CTips
Date : Thu Aug 18 2005 07:50 pm

Chris Sonnack wrote:
> CTips writes:
> 
> 
>>>>Hint: you forgot a #include ...
>>>
>>>NFI why `const' is "wrong" :-)
>>
>>This code might be running on a freestanding implementation, in
>>which case the strcat/strcpy functions might be roll-your-owns,
>>in which case both the str being reserved and the addition of
>>const-ness are not correct.
> 
> 
> *Maybe* on the use of the str without the #include, but I really
> don't see why the const would be wrong in a RYO.
> 

Because the strcat/strcpy didn't use const's? You'd get warnings/errors 
from the compiler.

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