If I declare in a header file, for example, extern unsigned long * Ptr;
and the value of this pointer Ptr in the linker file.
Will this adrress be ‘constant’? Can I change its value ?
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extern unsigned long *Ptr;
You can write to both Ptr (point to a new object) and *Ptr (update the thing being pointed to).
extern const unsigned long *Ptr;
extern unsigned long const *Ptr;
You can write to Ptr (point to a new object), but you cannot write to *Ptr.
extern unsigned long * const Ptr;
You can write to *Ptr (update the thing being pointed to), but you cannot write to Ptr.
extern const unsigned long * const Ptr;
extern unsigned long const * const Ptr;
You cannot write to either Ptr or *Ptr.
In all cases, the value of &Ptr does not change.
Naturally, this assumes a matching defining declaration for Ptr.