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[Bug c/50645] old issue - deprecated conversion from string to char*


http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=50645

Jonathan Wakely <redi at gcc dot gnu.org> changed:

           What    |Removed                     |Added
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
             Status|UNCONFIRMED                 |WAITING
   Last reconfirmed|                            |2011-10-07
     Ever Confirmed|0                           |1

--- Comment #5 from Jonathan Wakely <redi at gcc dot gnu.org> 2011-10-07 01:10:45 UTC ---
two points:

1) the component for this bug should surely be c++, since the "deprecated
conversion" warning is only issued by the C++ front end, the C front end says

passing argument 1 of âmyfunctionâ discards âconstâ qualifier from pointer
target type

and even then, only with -Wwrite-strings, which is not enabled by -Wall -Wextra

2) unlike the PR's summary, the warning says "deprecated conversion from string
CONSTANT to 'char*'" (emphasis mine) which should be a pretty big clue that
it's warning you about a real problem.

I can't see any good reason this PR isn't INVALID, but will go for WAITING in
case you have a better case to make for changing the current behaviour, which
is entirely consistent with the C++ standard.


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