Re: Add some const decorations to prototypes

On 11/10/17 11:42, Fabien COELHO wrote:
> After your explanation, and on third thoughts, ISTM that the assignment
> should not include "const" in the explicit cast, i.e., use
>
> extern void * msg_func(void);
> const char * msg = (char *) msg_func();
>
> The variable or field is constant, not what the function returns, so
>
> const char * msg = (const char *) msg_func();
>
> does not really make full sense to me, and moreover the compiler does not
> complain without the const.

The compiler knows how to handle the char * -> const char * case, but
not the char ** -> const char ** case.

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