C++ Issue with const char * on strchr

[Jochen Schmitt]

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Conrad Meyer schrieb:
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> const char *str1, str2; str2 = strchr(str1, 'a');
>
> But str2 must be a const char *.
>
> Maybe I am wrong, I am not very familiar with C++.
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> Regards, My understanding is you can do something like this:

I am doing something like this

char *str2;
const char *str1;

str2 = strchr(str1, 'a');    // This fails on gcc-4.4

When I write

char *str2;
const char *str1;
char *temp = const_cast<char *>(str1);

str2 = strchr(temp,'a')   // This works

Because this issue occurs only on gcc-4.4, I want to ask: is this
a bug or a feature?

Best Regards:

Jochen Schmitt


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