inconsistent behavior with string literals and char*
Corey Kosak
kosak@cs.cmu.edu
Sun Oct 31 23:03:00 GMT 1999
Surely lines 7 and 8 should either both be legal, or both illegal.
% cat qwe.cc && g++ -v && g++ qwe.cc
const int x=0;
int y;
int main()
{
char *p="moo";
char *q= x>1 ? "moo" : "cow"; //line 7
char *r= y>1 ? "moo" : "cow"; //line 8
return 0;
}
Reading specs from /usr/local/libexec/gcc-19991013/lib/gcc-lib/i686-pc-linux-gnu/2.96/specs
gcc version 2.96 19991013 (experimental)
qwe.cc: In function `int main ()':
qwe.cc:8: cannot convert `const char *' to `char *' in initialization
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