Subj : Re: Local character strings
To   : borland.public.cpp.borlandcpp
From : John F\(dot\)
Date : Mon Sep 26 2005 09:09 pm


"Thomas Maeder [TeamB]" wrote:

> As I tried to make clear in my last post, you shouldn't do this in new
> code. The line only compiles because of a deprecated feature.
>
> Do this instead:
>
> char const * MyTextPointer        = "2 Pointer";

>> if (version == 1)
>>  MyTextArray[0] = MyTextPointer[0] = '1';
>
> ... and the compiler will help you avoiding this kind of undefined
> behavior.

General rule:
Use const as much as possible! especially on pointers...

J

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