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Article #2875Re: const char*
From: Bjoern Kriews
Date: Tue, 07 May 1991 19:28
Date: Tue, 07 May 1991 19:28
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From article <4278@rwthinf.UUCP>, by berg@marvin.e17.physik.tu-muenchen.de (Stephen R. van den Berg):
> main(){char*a;
> strcpy(a,"Hello there!");
> *findblank(a)='.';
> puts(a);
> return 0;}
> ---------------------------------------------
> The compiler issues a warning for trying to return a (const char*), which
> should have been a (char*).
Some compilers will also produce a warning about using 'a' without having
assigned any value to it. :-)
(Yes I know, that's not the point and I'm sure you wouldn't write such
things in real code, but I just couldn't resist...)
Greetings, Bjoern
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