What's the meaning of this variable definition?

[Klein]

const S_Table_Structu re * const * cur = table;

[Martin Ambuhl]

Klein wrote:

const S_Table_Structu re * const * cur = table;

cur is a pointer to
a const pointer to
a const S_Table_Structu re
initialized to table

[Philip Paeps]

Klein <hu*******@gmai l.com> wrote:

const S_Table_Structu re * const * cur = table;

You might be interested in the 'cdecl' tool (google for source), which can
help you easily detangle the most complex declarations...

- Philip

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[CBFalconer]

Klein wrote:

const S_Table_Structu re * const * cur = table;

Ask your question in the article - the subject is not always
available to the reader.

According to cdecl, after replacing the result of a typedef in the
original statement, the result is:

cdecl> explain const struct y * const * x
declare x as pointer to const pointer to const struct y

Your statement also initializes x with the value table. The only
thing that is writable in the thing is the pointer x (or cur in
your case) itself.

This is the only real reason I have seen to avoid the use of
typedef in structs. It seems that cdecl cannot handle two
undefined entities in the same query.

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