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From: dave@inset.UUCP (Dave Lukes)
Newsgroups: net.lang.c++
Subject: Re: Compiler bug report (#2)
Message-ID: <869@inset.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 17-Mar-86 16:41:32 EST
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Posted: Mon Mar 17 16:41:32 1986
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References: <261@euclid.warwick.UUCP>
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In article <261@euclid.warwick.UUCP> steve@warwick.UUCP (Steve Rumsby) writes:
>
> ....
>
>	char *const foo = "hello world";
>
>	main()
>	{
>		char *cp = foo;
>	}
>
>OUTPUT:
>	CC  const_ptr.c:
>	"const_ptr.c", line 6: error: bad initializer type char * const  for cp ( char *  expected)
>	1 error

Surely you would expect that: the erroneous line SHOULD read:
>		char *cp = (char *)foo;
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