Does extern "const" allocate storage?

[Dr. T. Andrews]

In article <7485 at brl-smoke.ARPA>, gwyn at brl-smoke.ARPA (Doug Gwyn ) writes:
) ...  Think of "const" as "readonly" and you'll have a
) good idea of its intended properties. ...

So, allow me to propose that it be called "readonly" instead of
"const".  As that would accurately describe it ("const" \fBis\fP
misleading), it would seem a better choice.
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