[comp.lang.c] ANSI rationale has possibly garbled line

lvc@tut.cis.ohio-state.edu (Lawrence V. Cipriani) (04/06/88)

On page 53 of the rationale (or is that rationalization?) the
first sentence of 3.5.3.1 says "A pointer declarator may NOW its
own type qualifiers, to specify the ..." (emphasis mine). This
seems messed up, any ideas for what the correct wording is?
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dsill@NSWC-OAS.arpa (Dave Sill) (04/07/88)

Larry Cipriani writes:
>On page 53 of the rationale (or is that rationalization?) the
>first sentence of 3.5.3.1 says "A pointer declarator may NOW its
>own type qualifiers, to specify the ..." (emphasis mine). This
>seems messed up, any ideas for what the correct wording is?

How about:
"A pointer declarator may now HAVE its own type qualifiers..."

[Based on October '86 wording.]

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