Grant Edwards <invalid@invalid.invalid>: > I take it you don't write embedded code that runs from ROM? I do. The > const keyword is the most valuable addition to the C language since > the function prototype. Without it, you used to have to jump through > all sorts of hoops to get read-only data placed into read-only memory.
If all you need is a linker directive that places data in a read-only section, "const" is a very ineffective tool that clutters the code and forces you to sprinkle type casts around your code. Marko -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
