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                      3: const                       C Keyword                       const
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                      8: Qualify an identifier as not modifiable
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                     11: The type  qualifier const marks an  object as being unmodifiable.
                     12: An object declared as being const cannot be used on the left side
                     13: of an  assignment (an _l_v_a_l_u_e), or have its  value modified in any
                     14: way.  Because of  these restrictions, an implementation may place
                     15: objects declared to be const into a read-only region of storage.
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                     17: ***** See Also *****
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                     19: C keywords, volatile
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                     21: ***** Notes *****
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                     23: Mark Williams  C recognizes this  keyword, but its  semantics are
                     24: not  yet  implemented.  Thus,  storage  declared  with the  const
                     25: qualifier will  _n_o_t be treated  as unmodifiable by  the compiler,
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