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What is the purpose for const in the following function prototype?
void Dio_Init(DioConfig_t * const Config);
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Comment by ●September 22, 2022
While the answer is technically correct, the use of const in this context does not guarantee the caller anything since the caller's pointer is copied into Dio_Init, nothing in the function can modify the caller's copy of the pointer. Arthur O'Dwyer had a good explanation here
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