[Bug c++/25845] want optional warning for non-constant declarations that could be constant
pinskia at physics dot uc dot edu
gcc-bugzilla@gcc.gnu.org
Wed Jan 18 19:33:00 GMT 2006
------- Comment #9 from pinskia at gcc dot gnu dot org 2006-01-18 19:33 -------
Subject: Re: want optional warning for non-constant declarations that could be
constant
> > int f(const int *a, int *b)
> > {
> > *b = 1;
> > return *a;
> > }
> >
> > a and b can alias and there is no way around that at all because that is
> > what the C++ standard says.
>
> In this case the compiler should warn because a could be declared "const int *
> const" and b could be declared "int * const".
That still does not change the fact that a could point to the same location as
b is pointing too.
-- Pinski
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http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=25845
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