``Constants'' in case

[Mens Sana in Campari Soda]

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

henry at 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 at oddjob.uchicago.edu