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From: Michel Leunen
Date: Sun, 07 May 2006 09:03

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Alan Bellingham wrote:

> It's more that it's silently converted to 
> 
>   char* ptr = const_cast<char*>("XXX");
> 
> as can be seen by the fact that you can assign through ptr. If you *do*
> assign through ptr, then you're screwed, because you'll either get an
> access violation, or a very difficult to find bug. But the compiler
> won't stop you.

Thanks for the correction. It was important.

Michel
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