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einpoklum on Aug 20, 2019 | parent | context | favorite | on: Why Const Doesn't Make C Code Faster

Isn't that erroneous, in the sense that printf() has side-effects, breaking the "pure" promise?

WalterBright on Aug 20, 2019 [–]

Indeed it does break the pure promise. But it's only for debugging builds.

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