Re: [avr-gcc-list] C Preprocessor question

[Dave Hylands]

Hi Richard,

> Another possibility to play with:
> 
> #define mymacro (foo, somenumber) \
> struct {Fifo fifo; uint8_t buf[somenumber]} foo;\
> const uint8_t  *foo##ptr = (uint8_t*)&foo;

const uint8_t *foo;
uint8_t const *foo;

both create a pointer to a constant uint8_t. You can modify foo (i.e.
foo++ is legal) but you can't modify what foo points at (i.e. *foo =
'x'; wouldn't work).

uint8_t * const foo = something;

creates a constant pointer. You can't modify the pointer itself, but
you're free to modify what the pointer points at. foo++ is illegal,
but *foo = 'x'; is legal.

You can combine the two to create a constant pointer to a constant object.

-- 
Dave Hylands
Vancouver, BC, Canada
http://www.DaveHylands.com/