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From: matt@oddjob.uchicago.edu (Mens Sana in Campari Soda)
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Subject: Re: ``Constants'' in case
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Date: 30 Sep 89 18:12:08 GMT
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In-reply-to: henry@utzoo.uucp (Henry Spencer)

igb@fulcrum.bt.co.uk (Ian G Batten) writes:
) >``is (int) constant a constant?''

henry@utzoo (Henry Spencer) writes:
) In K&R1, the list of operators allowed in constant expressions did not
) include casts.  This was probably an oversight

If you're thinking of buying any book on C, look to see how they define
"constant expression".  I looked in the local bookstore here and found a
number of titles such as "Absolutely complete ultimate C book!" which
either did not define the term at all or simply defined it as "any
expression involving only constants."   Bah!
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Matt Crawford	     		matt@oddjob.uchicago.edu