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Re: deprecated conversion from string constant to 'char *'
- From: Ian Lance Taylor <iant at google dot com>
- To: "Timothy C Prince" <tprince at myrealbox dot com>
- Cc: gcc-help at gcc dot gnu dot org
- Date: 06 Jul 2006 17:26:04 -0700
- Subject: Re: deprecated conversion from string constant to 'char *'
- References: <1152231213.c7d6bd1ctprince@myrealbox.com>
"Timothy C Prince" <tprince@myrealbox.com> writes:
> g++ 4.2 rejects a quoted string constant, where the function prototype has char *. It says warning, but the warning is fatal, even without -Werror. -fpermissive doesn't let it pass.
>
> info g++ lists an option -fconst-strings, but that option has been removed.
>
> What is expected as a replacement for current source code with 1000's of string constants, which up to now worked with char * prototype?
This is what I get:
> cat foo.cc
extern void foo(char*);
void bar() { foo("Hello"); }
> g++ -c foo.cc
foo.cc: In function ‘void bar()’:
foo.cc:2: warning: deprecated conversion from string constant to ‘char*’'
> echo $?
0
Looks like a warning to me, not an error. Please give a small source
code example and the command line you are using.
Ian