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From: Tim Rentsch <tr.17687@z991.linuxsc.com>
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Subject: Re: No warning at implicit removal of const. Was: relearning C: why does an in-place change to a char* segfault?
Date: Mon, 12 Aug 2024 14:38:36 -0700
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Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com> writes:

> Richard Harnden <richard.nospam@gmail.invalid> writes:
> [...]
>
>> Is there any reason not to always write ...
>>
>> static const char *s = "hello, world";
>>
>> ... ?
>>
>> You get all the warnings for free that way.
>
> The "static", if this is at block scope, specifies that the
> pointer object, not the array object, has static storage duration.
> If it's at file scope it specifies that the name "s" is not
> visible to other translation units.  Either way, use it if that's
> what you want, don't use it if it isn't.
>
> There's no good reason not to use "const". [...]

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