Re: const and K&R C - was Re: AW: A: a new bug to old plain C

On Sat, Dec 06, 2025 at 06:19:11AM +0000, Andrew C Aitchison via Gcc-help wrote:
> On Fri, 5 Dec 2025, J Decker via Gcc-help wrote:
> 
> > It was my understanding of the C standard from K&R days,
> > was that pointers could inherit const, but not lose const...
> 
> My recollection is that there was no *const* in K&R C ?

There is no *volatile* either, much harder to work around when you need
to :-)


Segher