Subj : Re: Software Job Market Myths
To   : comp.programming,comp.software-eng
From : Baxter
Date : Thu Aug 18 2005 11:40 pm


"CTips" <ctips@bestweb.net> wrote in message
news:11gachp1dtirv08@corp.supernews.com...
> Baxter wrote:
> >
> > strSource  can be const or non-const - the compiler does not care.
"const
> > char *strSource" means that strcpy will not make any changes to
strSource.
>
> Ummm...we're talking about freestanding implementations [with a RYO
> string implementation] where the prototype for strcpy is:
> char * strcpy(char *dst, char *src);
> If you use:
> foo( const char * x)
> {
>     ....
>     strcpy(.., x);
> }
> you'll get warnings.

Check back up the thread - that wasn't what he was doing, the basis of the
discussion.  In his fragment, there was no const's, nor was there any
indication of a freestanding implementation of strcpy or strcat:

> char*  strconcat(char* s1, char* s2)
>     {
>         char  buf[256];
>
>         strcpy(buf, s1);
>         strcat(buf, s2);
>
>         return buf;
>     }

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