In article <25ABBF93.9618 at paris.ics.uci.edu> rfg at paris.ics.uci.edu (Ron Guilmette) writes: >Did I miss something? Which binding is "correct"? Why? "char const TOKENS" is equivalent to "const char TOKENS". If you want the "const" to qualify something within the "TOKENS" part, you have to wedge it into the "TOKENS".