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Re: string is const char [] ?
- To: Richard Henderson <rth at cygnus dot com>
- Subject: Re: string is const char [] ?
- From: Kaz Kylheku <kaz at espresso dot cafe dot net>
- Date: Thu, 25 Jun 1998 01:14:48 -0700 (PDT)
- cc: Kamil Iskra <kamil at dwd dot interkom dot pl>, egcs at cygnus dot com, egcs-bugs at cygnus dot com
On Wed, 24 Jun 1998, Richard Henderson wrote:
> On Wed, Jun 24, 1998 at 03:07:30PM +0200, Kamil Iskra wrote:
> > Don't get me wrong, I'm sure you know the standard far better than I do,
> > but are you SURE that it disallows this initialisation syntax?
>
> For non-constant static or file-scope variables, the "" form is
> legal. For automatic variables, it is not.
Could you cite the relevant sections from either the C or C++ standards?
(Or both).