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Re: c/7776: const char* p = "foo"; if (p == "foo") ... is compiled without warning!
- From: Andrew Pinski <pinskia at physics dot uc dot edu>
- To: nobody at gcc dot gnu dot org
- Cc: gcc-prs at gcc dot gnu dot org,
- Date: 30 Aug 2002 17:36:01 -0000
- Subject: Re: c/7776: const char* p = "foo"; if (p == "foo") ... is compiled without warning!
- Reply-to: Andrew Pinski <pinskia at physics dot uc dot edu>
The following reply was made to PR c/7776; it has been noted by GNATS.
From: Andrew Pinski <pinskia@physics.uc.edu>
To: udbz@rz.uni-karlsruhe.de
Cc: gcc-gnats@gcc.gnu.org
Subject: Re: c/7776: const char* p = "foo"; if (p == "foo") ... is compiled without warning!
Date: Fri, 30 Aug 2002 13:35:21 -0400
Are you asking for a warning so that the warning would suggest strcmp?
The code you provide does make sense to check for if the two occurrences
of "foo" are the same because the C standard does not say if they have
to be the same.
Thanks,
Andrew Pinski