> no the pointer is not const, it is a pointer to a const. > > to get a const pointer you would write: > > ship * const p; I was thinking about it, you have right. But this code give me a linker error, so thats all. main.obj:105:Fixup overflow in expression (loc 0x3EC (0x3EA+2), size 1, value 0x190) (error) main.obj:105:Fixup overflow in expression (loc 0x3EE (0x3EA+4), size 1, value 0x1A8) (error) main.obj:105:Fixup overflow in expression (loc 0x3F0 (0x3EA+6), size 1, value 0x1C0) (error) main.obj:105:Fixup overflow in expression (loc 0x3F2 (0x3EA+8), size 1, value 0x110) (error) main.obj:105:Fixup overflow in expression (loc 0x3F4 (0x3EA+10), size 1, value 0x128) (error) main.obj:105:Fixup overflow in expression (loc 0x3F6 (0x3EA+12), size 1, value 0x140) (error) main.obj:105:Fixup overflow in expression (loc 0x3F8 (0x3EA+14), size 1, value 0x158) (error) main.obj:105:Fixup overflow in expression (loc 0x3FA (0x3EA+16), size 1, value 0x1D8) (error) udv Csaba -- http://www.piclist.com hint: The list server can filter out subtopics (like ads or off topics) for you. See http://www.piclist.com/#topics