Why does gcc allow implicit conversion from const T* to T* (in C)?

[Andrew Haley]

Sebastian Mach wrote:

> Now my questions are:
> 0) Is gcc just liberal?
> 0.yes) Why?
> 0.no) Which would be the relevant section of the standard?

One thing that you may have missed is that the standard doesn't say
anything about warnings or errors.  When it says a translator must
issue a diagnostic, then that can be either a warning or an error.

Andrew.