char *'s and const char *'s

[Stephen Clamage]

bruce at seismo.gps.caltech.edu (Bruce Worden) writes:

>int foo(char *file);
>... knowing that foo() really only needs a const char *, it is often called as:
>	a = foo("myfile");  [ but this leads to compiler warnings ]
>What is the method preferred/recommended by professionals and other experienced individuals?

In this case I prefer to declare foo to take a const char*.  Why mislead
the compiler and human readers when it is easy to be helpful?

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Steve Clamage, TauMetric Corp, steve at taumet.com